This is a list of women writers who were born in Denmark or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
A Karen Aabye (1904–1982), journalist and historical novelist Jane Aamund (1936–2019), novelist and journalist Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (born 1963), works on architecture Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet, novelist and short story writer Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller Annemette Kure Andersen (born 1962), widely translated poet Clara Andersen (1826–1895), playwright and short story writer Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator and textile specialist Emilie Andersen (1895–1970), historian and archivist Signe Arnfred (born 1944), sociologist specializing in gender studies Inga Arvad (1913–1973), journalist
B Charlotte Baden (1740–1824), novelist and feminist writer Jette Baagøe (born 1946), museum director, botanist and non-fiction writer Solvej Balle (born 1962), novelist and poet Regitze Barner (1834–1911), philanthropist and writer Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923), baroness, writer and philanthropist Dorothea Biehl (1731–1788), playwright Johanne Bille (born 1993), novelist Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899), novelist and short story writer Jenny Blicher-Clausen (1865–1907), poet and playwright Karen Blixen (1885–1962), novelist and memoirist, including Out of Africa Sara Blædel (born 1964), crime-fiction novelist Bodil Bech (1889–1942), poet Cecil Bødker (1927–2020), young-adult fiction Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), wrote the genealogy of Danish noble families Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940), novelist and writer of realistic rural literature Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944), novelist and journalist Therese Brummer (1833–1896), children's writer, biographer Friederike Brun (1765–1835), poet and travel writer Anne Bruun (1853–1934), women's rights activist and editor of Kvinden og Samfundet Tine Bryld (1939–2011), novelist Julia Butschkow (born 1978), playwright and poet
C Franziska Carlsen (1817–1876), writer documenting local history and folklore Esther Carstensen (1873–1955), women's rights activist and journal editor Mimi Carstensen (1852–1935), philanthropist, journalist and magazine editor Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist Leonora Christine (1621–1698), writer of memoirs, Denmark's first known woman writer Bente Clod (born 1946), poet, novelist and children's writer Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer
D Ulla Dahlerup (born 1942), journalist, writer and women's rights activist Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), poet, novelist and short story writer Emmy Drachmann (1854–1928), novelist
E Elsebeth Egholm (born 1960), popular crime-fiction author and TV screenwriter Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922), novelist, playwright and women's rights activist Katrine Engberg (born 1975), novelist and actress Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949), weaver, textile artist and magazine editor Inge Eriksen (1935–2015), novelist, science fiction, poet and political activist
F Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930), writings in support of women's rights Elfride Fibiger (1832–1911), novelist, short story writer and women's emancipation activist Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867), playwright, novelist and Denmark's first professional nurse Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872), writings in support of women's rights Hanne Finsen (1925–2023), art historian Kate Fleron (1909–2006), journal editor and resistance member Lone Frank (born 1966), journalist and non-fiction writer Kirstine Frederiksen (1845–1903), pedagogue, writer and women's rights advocate Astrid Friis (1893–1966), historian and journal editor
G Emma Gad (1852–1921), playwright and non-fiction writer Sissel-Jo Gazan (born 1973), novelist Suzanne Giese (1946–2012), writer and women's rights activist Henny Glarbo (1884–1955), archivist Luise Gramm (1746–1824), letter writer Elsa Gress (1919–1988), essayist, novelist and dramatist Anna Grue (born 1957), crime novelist Thomasine Gyllembourg (1773–1856), novelist
H Marie Hammer (1907–2002), zoologist Henriette Hanck (1807–1846), poet and novelist Lise Hannestad (born 1943), classical scholar and archaeologist Bente Hansen (1940–2022), writer, editor and women's rights activist Eva Hemmer Hansen (1913–1983), journalist, novelist, translator and feminist Lise Bach Hansen (fl. 2000s), curator, Royal Danish Library Kirsten Hastrup (born 1948), anthropologist Sonja Hauberg (1918–1947), prominent novelist Bettina Hauge (born 1964), anthropologist Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone (1778–1853), novelist and short story writer Annette Heick (born 1971), journalist Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812–1890), writer of memoirs Julie Heins (1822–1902), schoolteacher and reading book writer Dyveke Helsted (1919–2005), art historian, museum director Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962), novelist, short story writer and women's rights activist Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), educator and rights activist Greta Hort born Grethe Hjort (1903–1967), professor of Danish and English literature Anne Holm (1922–1998), children's writer and journalist Gretelise Holm (born 1948), journalist, non-fiction and fiction writer Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), journalist and novelist Ellen Hørup (1871–1953), journalist and non-fiction writer on peace and women's rights Emma Hørup (1836–1929), journalist and schoolteacher Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016), screenwriter Anna Hude (1858–1934), historian
J Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961), philologist and historian Kristine Marie Jensen (1858–1923), early cookbook writer Thit Jensen (1876–1957), novelist, playwright and short story writer involved in women's rights Thyra Jensen (1865–1949), short story writer, biographer and women's rights activist Helga Johansen (1852–1912), novelist associated with the Modern Breakthrough Ellen Jørgensen (1877–1948), historian Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922), novelist, short story writer, feminist and educator Teckla Juel (1834–1904), novelist, short story writer and composer of songs
K Anne Krabbe (1552–1618), estate owner and writer Lene Kaaberbøl (born 1960), children's writer and crime fiction writer Janina Katz (1938–2013), Polish-born Danish poet, novelist and children's writer Lisbeth Knudsen (born 1953), journalist, editor-in-chief and businesswoman Lene Koch (born 1947), gender studies researcher and historian Nynne Koch (1915–2001), novelist, autobiographer and gender studies researcher Birgithe Kosovic (born 1972), journalist and autobiographer on Yugoslavia
L Margrethe Lasson (1659–1738), author of Denmark's first novel Cornelia von Levetzow (1836–1921), popular novelist Olivia Levison, (1847–1894), author and writer Mette Lisby (born 1968), writer, actress, comedian and television host, now in the United States Anne Marie Løn (born 1947), novelist Hansigne Lorenzen (1879–1952), novelist and poet from Southern Jutland Anna Christiane Ludvigsen (1794–1884), poet from Southern Jutland Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and educator Hulda Lütken (1896–1946), poet and novelist
M Sofie Madsen (1897–1982), educator of autistic children Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865), early cookbook writer Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907), novelist and short story writer Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950), journalist, novelist and children's writer Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), U.S. immigrant, author of the Little Bear series of children's books Johanne Meyer (1838–1915), pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, journal editor and writer Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist Else Moltke (1888–1986), writer on historical figures Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001), social worker and novelist Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), novelist and writer on women and childbirth Johanne Münter (1844–1921), writer and women's rights activist Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile researcher, museum director and writer
N Bodil Neergaard (1867–1959), landowner, philanthropist and memoirist Henriette Nielsen (1815–1900), novelist and playwright Maria Nielsen (1882–1931), historian and educator Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023), novelist, screenwriter and author of TV series Matador Marianne Nøhr Larsen (born 1963), anthropologist and writer Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (born 1975), historian
O Annette K. Olesen (born 1965), screenwriter Voldborg Ølsgaard (1877–1939), editor of Fred og Frihed Tania Ørum (born 1945), literary historian, gender studies specialist Elise Otté (1818–1903), Anglo-Danish philologist and historian Estrid Ott (1900–1967), prolific children's writer
P Hortense Panum (1856–1933), music historian Sophie Petersen (1885–1965), geographer Louise von Plessen (1725–1799), court memoirist Birgitte Possing (born 1952), historian, biographer and feminist
Q Hedevig Quiding (1867–1936), opera singer, music critic, journalist, educator Anne Margrethe Qvitzow (1652–1700), poet, translator and memoirist
R Ingeborg Raunkiær (1863–1921), novelist and article writer Olga Ravn (born 1986), poet and novelist Adda Ravnkilde (1862–1883), Danish novelists Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow (1747–1822), countess, author and letter writer Julie Reventlow (1763–1816), salonnière and non-fiction writer Jytte Rex (born 1942), novelist and writer on women's rights Ane Riel (born 1971), novelist and winner of the Glass Key award Ivan Ring, pen name of Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907) Signe Rink (1836–1909), Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist Anna-Grethe Rischel (born 1935), paper historian Edith Rode (1879–1956), novelist and journalist Else Roesdahl (born 1942), historian and specialist on Vikings Caja Rude (1884–1949), novelist and women's rights activist
S Astrid Saalbach (born 1955), playwright and novelist Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921), philanthropist, feminist, politician and women's journal editor Lotte Salling (born 1964), children's writer Charlotte Sannom (1846–1923), writer and missionary Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), art historian Bente Scavenius (born 1944), art critic and author Rikke Schubart (born 1966), novelist and writer on film and television Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), novelist Ingeborg Maria Sick (1858–1951), novelist and biographer Birte Siim (born 1945), political scientist specializing in gender studies Sanne Søndergaard (born 1980), novelist and stand-up comedian Anna Louise Stevnhøj (born 1963), non-fiction writer on children and health Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech (1759–after 1806), feminist and autobiographer Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), novelist and short story writer Ingeborg Suhr Mailand (1871–1989), educator and cookbook writer Karin-Lis Svarre (1946–2009), television journalist and writer Hanne Marie Svendsen (born 1933), non-fiction writer and novelist Karen Syberg (born 1945), writer, gender researcher and feminist
T Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), poet Janne Teller (born 1964), philosophical novelist Mette Thomsen (born 1970), novelist Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet and novelist Kirsten Thorup (born 1942), novelist, poet and screenwriter Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), memoirist and painter Fanny Tuxen (1832–1906), children's writer
U Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698), autobiographer
V Alice Vestergaard (born 1937), journalist, newspaper editor, television news coordinator Vibeke Vasbo (born 1944), novelist, poet, women's activist and former member of Danish Lesbian Movement
W Emilie West (1844–1907), schoolteacher and needlework proponent Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer Dorrit Willumsen (born 1940), poet, novelist and short story writer Mette Winge (1937–2022), novelist, literary critic Pauline Worm (1825–1883), writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist
References
See also List of Faroese women writers List of Danish writers List of women writers