WChristen Poulsen Berg was a Danish liberal politician and editor.
WKåre Bluitgen is a Danish writer and journalist whose works include a biography of Muhammad. In the 1970s Bluitgen was politically active on the Danish left, namely within the Left Socialists.
WLouisa Bojesen is a Danish-American financial journalist who worked for CNBC Europe television in London for 17 years. She was most recently a co-host of the channel's European version of Street Signs, reporting on global financial markets. In addition, Bojesen reported for CNBC (U.S.), CNBC Asia, NBC and MSNBC. She co-anchored Squawk Box Europe with Geoff Cutmore and Steve Sedgwick and anchored European Closing Bell until its final show on December 18, 2015. Bojesen co-anchored the European version of Street Signs until her departure from CNBC Europe on April 28, 2017.
WErnst Immanuel Cohen Brandes was a Danish economist, writer, and newspaper editor best known for editing the Kjøbenhavns Børs-Tidende, which published articles written by leading Danish men of letters, including future Nobel Prize winner Henrik Pontoppidan, during a period later hailed as the Modern Breakthrough in Danish literature.
WArne Einar Christiansen was a Danish journalist, critic and titular professor. He was best known as a writer and theatre director.
WCarl Henrik Clemmensen was a Danish newspaper editor who was killed by three men of the Schalburg Corps, one of whom was Søren Kam.
WLeif Davidsen is a Danish author. Educated as a journalist, in 1977 he started working in Spain as a freelance journalist for Danmarks Radio. In 1980 he began covering Soviet news with frequent news reports to Danmarks Radio from Russia. From 1984 to 1988 he was stationed in Moscow. As a journalist he has travelled extensively around the world. When Davidsen returned to Denmark he became chief editor of Danmarks Radio's foreign news desk. From 1996 he edited a TV series called “Danish Dream” about Denmark today. In 1991 he won the Danish booksellers award De Gyldne Laurbær for his book Den sidste spion. In 1999, he became a full-time writer.
WFrank Esmann was a Danish journalist. He served as editor-in-chief of Weekendavisen from 1978 to 1984 and later worked for national Danish broadcaster DR.
WGustav Frederik Esmann was a Danish journalist, author, scriptwriter, and master of ceremonies.
WSisse Fisker is a Danish television presenter. From January 2007 to December 2014, she was a presenter at DR's daily news program, Aftenshowet on DR1, and she has been attending the "Healthy" exercise and health programs. During her time at DR, she has also helped cover several royal events and hosted the Danish Danse Grand Prix 2007. She previously worked on TV 2 Sport for 5 years. She has participated in the 2nd season of Vild med dans and participated in the program Et glimt af Danmark.
WLorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.
WMeïr Aron Goldschmidt was a Danish publisher, journalist and novelist. He was the founding editor of the satirical and political magazine Corsaren.
WKnud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe was a Danish journalist, author and explorer who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately converted to Islam in 1929. Six years later, he published a book of his experiences on a journey through Libya, that later became famous. The book exposed the maltreatment of the population the author had witnessed on his journey and the atrocities committed by the Italian colonial power. This account is especially valuable for its description of the concentration camps into which Italian colonial powers forced bedouin Arabs and where "torture, humiliation, and famine" were rife. Holmboe was murdered on his way to Makkah in Aqaba in October 1931. Some suspect that Italian intelligence officials, connected to the regime of Benito Mussolini, conspired in his death.
WHanne-Vibeke Holst is an author. She has an education as a journalist and has worked on the Danish newspapers Berlingske Tidende and Søndags B.T.
WMikael Jalving is a Danish journalist, historian, author and political commentator. Jalving worked as a commentator for Berlingske Tidende and wrote as the newspaper's most widely read blogger, until 2009 when he was hired by Jyllands-Posten. He has a Ph.D. in history from the European University Institute in Florence.
WBirgithe Kosovic is a Danish journalist and author who has received several awards for her novel Det dobbelte land based on her family's background in the former Yugoslavia.
WPaula Gabriela Larrain Bjørn is a Danish journalist, author and politician. She reported for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and presented TV Avisen. She was appointed as a candidate for the Conservative People's Party (Denmark) during the 2007 Danish general election, but was not selected. She has authored two books: I morgen skal vi hjem (2003) and Uden for citat (2008).
WAnders Lund Madsen is a Danish journalist, comedian, author, radio personality and talkshow host. He hosts the talkshow "Det Nye Talkshow – med Anders Lund Madsen". Together with his brother Peter Lund Madsen, he has performed several shows at the Bellevue Theater and in Bremen Theater. Together they wrote the lyrics of the song "Avenuen", which was part of one of their shows performed by Trine Dyrholm. They have also participated in the quiz program Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? where they have twice won the main prize of 1 million kroner.
WKarin Michaëlis was a Danish journalist and author.
WKnud Albert Möller was a Finnish Yle radio correspondent until 1983. Möller worked as a correspondent in the front during the Continuation War. After the war he was a long-time correspondent in Copenhagen.
WNiels Thomasius Neergaard was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre. He served as Council President of Denmark between 1908 and 1909 as head of the Cabinet of Neergaard I and as both Prime minister of Denmark and Finance Minister from 5 May 1920 to 23 April 1924, leading the Cabinet of Neergaard II and III. His last cabinet office was as Finance Minister.
WMartin Andersen Nexø was a Danish author. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literature. He was a socialist throughout his life and during the second world war moved to the Soviet Union, and afterwards to Dresden in East Germany.
WLise Nørgaard is a Danish journalist and writer known for her precise and often humorous portrayals of Danish cultural life. Nørgaard has written novels, compilations of essays and short stories. The memoir of her childhood, Kun en pige, became a bestseller in 1992 and is considered her masterpiece. The work was made into a feature film in 1995.
WSverri Patursson (1871–1960) was a Faroese writer, author, and journalist. He was also a translator, ornithologist and environmentalist.
WRasmus Helveg Petersen is a Danish politician who was the Minister of Climate and Energy from 3 February 2014 to 28 June 2015. He is member of the Danish Social Liberal Party and the brother of Morten Helveg Petersen, who serves as a member of the European Parliament for the same party.
WSøren Ryge Petersen is a Danish television presenter, journalist, and writer.
WVladimir Pimonov is a Russian-born Danish journalist, author and literary scholar. As a journalist he is best known for his investigative reporting on the Soviet/Russian affairs. His literary research focuses on Shakespeare, plot (narrative) theoryand the concept of theatricality (metatheatre). His work is held in almost 100 major public and university library holdings around the world.
WNiels Ditlev Riegels was a Danish historian, journalist and pamphleteer.
WEdith Rode née Nebelong (1879–1956) was a Danish novelist and a journalist with Berlingske Tidende. She also ran a popular correspondence column for the magazine Familie Journalen. In addition to fiction, she was the editor of Den gyldne bog om danske kvinder (1941), a collection of biographies of notable Danish women. She is remembered in particular for the three memoir portraits she wrote towards the end of her life: Der var engang, Paa Togt i Erindringen, and Paa Rejse i Livet.
WLise Rønne is a Danish journalist and television presenter, best known in Denmark for presenting four seasons of X Factor as well as two seasons of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. She is best known outside Denmark for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.
WFlemming Rose is a Danish journalist, author and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He previously served as foreign affairs editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. As culture editor of the same newspaper, he was principally responsible for the September 2005 publication of the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy early the next year, and since then he has been an international advocate of the freedom of speech.
WVilhelm Christian Sigurd Topsøe was a Danish novelist and journalist. He is remembered in particular for Jason med det gyldne Skind and Nutidsbilleder.