This is a list of Danish poets, including those who are Danish by nationality or who write in the Danish language (years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry) article):
A
- Christen Lauridsen Aagaard (1616–1664)
- Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856)
- Werner Hans Frederik Abrahamson (1744–1812)
- Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet and writer
- Benny Andersen (1929), songwriter, poet, author, composer, pianist; a member of the Danish Academy since 1972, and "probably Denmark's most popular poet", according to DR, the Danish public broadcasting organization.
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), poet and author
- Vita Andersen (1944âÂÂ2021), writer and poet
- Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899)
- Anders Arrebo (1587–1637)
B
- Jens Baggesen (1764–1826)
- Solvej Balle (born 1962)
- Otto Benzon (1856–1927)
- Harald Bergstedt (1877–1965) writer, novelist, playwright and a poet
- Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911)
- Kristen Bjørnkjær (born 1943)
- Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004)
- Steen Steensen Blicher (1782–1848), author and poet
- Karen Blixen, who also wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
- Thomas Boberg (born 1960)
- Anders Bording (1619–1677), poet and journalist
- Poul Borum (1934–1996)
- Anne-Louise Bosmans (born 1978)
- Jørgen Gustava Brandt (1929–2006)
- Per Aage Brandt (born 1944)
- Rudolf Broby-Johansen, also known as "R. Broby-Johansen" (1900–1987)
- Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), bishop and hymn writer
- Friederike Brun (1765–1835)
- Malthe Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), Danish-French geographer, journalist and poet
- Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944)
- Julia Butschkow (born 1978), writer, playwright and poet
- Ludvig Bødtcher (1793–1874)
- Emil Bønnelycke (1893–1953)
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G
H
- Henriette Hanck (1807-1846)
- Carsten Hauch (1790–1872)
- Henrik Have (born 1946)
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791–1860)
- Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758–1841), author, philologist and poet
- Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and scientist
- Johannes Helms (1828–1895), writer, poet and schoolmaster
- Henrik Hertz (1797–1870)
- Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), Norwegian-born poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright who spent most of his adult life in Denmark
- Jens Christian Hostrup
- Per Højholt (1928–2004)
- Lone Hørslev (born 1974)
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R
- Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760–1830), literary historian, critic, writer, poet and magazine editor
- Gorm Henrik Rasmussen (born 1955), writer of poetry, children's books, novels and biographies
- Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), writer of prose for adults and poetry for children
- Christian Richardt (1831–1892), writer, lyricist and poet
- Klaus Rifbjerg (born 1941)
- Helge Rode (1870–1937), writer and poet
- Valdemar Rørdam, novelist and poet
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