List of Danish women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Denmark or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

• Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895–1986), textile artist
• Astrid Aagesen (1883–1965), designer working with tin and silver, active in Helsingborg, Sweden
• Nanna Aakjær (1874–1962), carpenter and woodcarver
• Naja Abelsen (born 1964), Greenlandic painter and illustrator
• Lene Adler Petersen (born 1944), multidisciplinary artist
• Margrethe Agger (born 1943), textile artist specializing in tapestry
• Else Alfelt (1910–1974), painter
• Catherine Engelhart Amyot (1845–1926), portrait and genre painter
• Anna Ancher (1859–1935), painter associated with the Skagen Painters
• Helga Ancher (1883–1964), painter, daughter of Anna and Michael Ancher
• Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995), furniture designer
• Astrid Andreasen (born 1948), Faroese textile and graphic artist
• Pia Arke (1958–2007), Greenlandic visual and performance artist, writer and photographer
• Aggi Ásgerð Ásgeirsdóttir (born 1966), Faroese visual artist

B

• Marie Vilhelmine Bang (1848–1932), painter
• Magdalene Bärens (1737–1808), painter
• Merete Barker (born 1944), painter, contemporary artist
• Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), textile artist
• Johanne Bindesbøll (1851–1934), textile artist
• Malene Birger (born 1962), fashion designer
• Agnete Bjørneboe (born 1943), painter, mosaic artist and paper cutter
• Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer (1899–1986), schoolteacher and textile artist
• Elisa Maria Boglino (1905–2002), painter
• Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), sculptor
• Elna Borch (1869–1950), sculptor
• Birthe Bovin (1908–1980), painter
• Elise Brandes (1873–1918), sculptor
• Margit Brandt (1945–2011), fashion designer
• Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator
• Birthe Bovin (1906–1980), painter associated with the Odsherred Painters
• Lilian Brøgger (born 1950), illustrator
• Laura Brun-Pedersen (1883–1961), landscape painter
• Eva Louise Buus (born 1979), painter

C

• Louise Campbell (born 1970), furniture and lighting designer
• Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), sculptor
• Ebba Carstensen (1885–1967), Cubist painter
• Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), Greenlandic fashion designer
• Anthonore Christensen (1849–1926), flower painter
• Kirsten Christensen (born 1943), painter and ceramist
• Franciska Clausen (1899–1986), painter
• Marie Jeanne Clemens (1755–1791), French-Danish engraver, pastel artist
• Kirsten Christensen (born 1943), painter, ceramist
• Viera Collaro (born 1946), light art specialist
• Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer
• Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (born 1970), Philippine-born video and performance artist

D

• Dorte Dahlin (born 1955), painter, graphic artist
• Inger Lut Debois (1931–2015), painter, headed the Danish Society of Female Artists
• Kirsten Dehlholm (1945–2024), scenic artist
• Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005), furniture designer
• Augusta Dohlmann (1847–1914), painter
• Helen Dohlmann (1870–1942), sculptor
• Bertha Dorph (1875–1960), painter, designer
• Margrete Drejer (1889–1975), textile artist
• Kirsten Dufour (born 1941), visual artist

E

• Maja Lisa Engelhardt (born 1956), painter
• Tina Enghoff (born 1957), photographer, video artist and writer
• Lisa Engqvist (1914–1989), ceramist
• Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949), weaver and magazine editor
• Helle-Vibeke Erichsen (1940–2016), etcher, painter, created caricatures of people she met
• Gutte Eriksen (1918–2008), ceramist
• Charlotte Eskildsen (born 1975), fashion designer
• Helga Exner (born 1939), Czech-born Danish goldsmith and jeweller

F

• Julie Fagerholt (born 1968), fashion designer
• Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911–1984), avant-garde sculptor
• Else Fischer-Hansen (1905–1996), abstract painter
• Helga Foght (1902–1974), textile artist
• Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg (1892–1994), art collector, painter
• Johanna Marie Fosie (1726–1764), Denmark's first professional female artist
• Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), painter and botanical illustrator
• Dagmar Freuchen-Gale (1907–1991), illustrator and writer
• Edma Frølich (1859–1958), painter

G

• Esther Gehlin (1892–1949), Danish-Swedish painter and textile artist
• Emily Gernild (born 1985), Danish-born artist
• Irene Griegst (born 1945), Moroccan-born Danish goldsmith
• Edith Grøn (1917–1990), Danish-born Nicaraguan sculptor

H

• Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), painter, printmaker
• Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm (born 1977), furniture designer
• Bente Hammer (born 1950), textile artist and fashion designer
• Charlotte Hanmann (born 1950), photographer, painter and graphic artist
• Inger Hanmann (1918–2007), painter and enamelwork artist
• Karen Hannover (1872–1943), ceramist
• Gerda Henning (1891–1951), weaver and textile designer
• Gesa Hansen (born 1981), German-Danish furniture designer
• Charlotte Haslund-Christensen (born 1963), photographic artist
• Emilie Demant Hatt (1873–1958), artist, writer and ethnographer
• Irene Hedlund (born 1947), illustrator and children's writer
• Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone (1869–1945), porcelain artist
• Berit Heggenhougen-Jensen (born 1956), painter
• Ella Heide (1871–1956), associated with the younger generation of Skagen painters
• Hanne Hellesen (1801–1844), flower painter
• Ghita Hempel (1899–1948), painter
• Marie Henriques (1866–1944), painter
• Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973), ceramic artist
• Berit Hjelholt (1920–2016), textile artist
• Anne Mette Hjortshøj, contemporary studio potter
• Aka Høegh (born 1947), Greenlandic painter, graphic artist and sculptor
• Hanna Hoffmann (1868–1917), sculptor, silversmith and textile artist
• Nina Hole (1941–2016), ceramist
• Astrid Holm (1876–1937), painter and textile artist
• Ebba Holm (1889–1967), painter, engraver
• Olivia Holm-Møller (1875–1970), painter, sculptor
• Sophie Holten (1858–1930), painter
• Suzette Holten (1863–1937), painter, ceramist
• Anne-Birthe Hove (1951–2012), Greenlandic graphic artist
• Jytte Høy (born 1951), contemporary artist, educator
• Bizzie Høyer (1888–1971), painter, art teacher
• Lone Høyer Hansen (1950–2021), sculptor

I

• Lucie Ingemann (1792–1868), painter, remembered for altar paintings

J

• Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), portrait painter
• Grete Jalk (1920–2006), furniture designer
• Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819–1881), Polish-Danish painter
• Kirsten Justesen (born 1943), sculptor, scenographer, installation artist

K

• Bodil Kaalund (1930–2016), painter, textile artist, church decorator
• Sigrid Kähler (1874–1923), ceramist and painter
• Jane Jin Kaisen (born 1980), visual artist, filmmaker
• Sophia Kalkau (born 1960), multidisciplinary artist
• Rita Kernn-Larsen (1904–1998), surrealist painter
• Helvig Kinch (1872–1956), painter
• Bodil Kjær (born 1932), furniture designer
• Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), sculptor
• Kirsten Kjær (1893–1985), expressive painter
• Kirsten Klein (born 1945), photographer
• Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899–1985), painter
• Vibeke Klint (1927–2019), textile artist
• Eva Koch (born 1953), sculptor
• Elise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946), painter, ceramist
• Ann-Mari Kornerup (1918–2006), Swedish-Danish textile artist
• Holcha Krake (1885–1944), textile artist
• Theodora Krarup (1862–1941), portrait painter
• Ellen Krause (1905–1990), painter associated with the Odsherred Painters
• Johanne Cathrine Krebs (1848–1924), painter
• Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), potter
• Dorthe Kristoffersen (1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor
• K'itura Kristoffersen (born 1939), Greenlandic sculptor
• Sara Kristoffersen (1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor
• Charlotte Christiane von Krogh (1827–1913), painter
• Marie Krøyer (1867–1940), painter associated with the Skagen Painters

L

• Jenny la Cour (1849–1928), textile artist and educator
• Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997), textile designer pioneering screen printing
• Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), painter and sculptor
• Alexia de Lode (1737–1765), copper-plate etcher
• Christine Løvmand (1803–1872), painter
• Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), painter, sculptor
• Marie Luplau (1848–1925), painter
• Anne Marie Lütken (1916–2001), painter
• Julie Lütken (1788–1816), early landscape painter
• Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people
• Nanna Lysholt Hansen (fl. 2005–), performance artist and curator

M

• Anne Sofie Madsen (born 1979), fashion designer
• Lise Malinovsky (born 1957), painter
• Thyra Manicus-Hansen (1872–1906), ceramic artist, trade unionist
• Cecilie Manz (born 1972), furniture designer
• Cathrine Marie Møller (1744–1811), embroiderer
• Christel Marott (1919–1992), illustrator, painter and sculptor
• Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), Danish sculptor and writer
• Helene Moltke-Leth (born 1973), film director and artist
• Inger Møller (1886–1979), silversmith
• Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), artist, writer
• Ursula Munch-Petersen (1937–2025), ceramist
• Emilie Mundt (1842–1922), painter
• Jane Muus (1919–2007), painter, illustrator
• Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile artist, museum director
• Vera Myhre (1920–2000), painter and graphic artist

N

• Kim Naver (born 1940), designer and textile artist
• Elisabeth Neckelmann (1884–1956), painter and head of the Danish Society of Female Artists
• Hermania Neergaard (1799–1875), still life painter
• Jette Nevers (born 1943), textile artist and designer
• Elsa Nielsen (1923–2011), graphic artist
• Ville Jais Nielsen (1886–1949), painter
• Astrid Noack (1888–1954), sculptor
• Ernestine Nyrop (1888–1975), textile artist and fresco painter

O

• Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor
• Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932), painter and tapestry artist
• Kirsten Ortwed (born 1948), sculptor
• Sara Mathilde Øster (born 1973), painter

P

• Sophie Pedersen (1885–1950), painter
• Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), sculptor
• Anna Petersen (1845–1910), painter
• Nielsine Petersen (1851–1916), sculptor
• Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962), sculptor
• Etiyé Dimma Poulsen (born 1968), sculptor, ceramist
• Gudrun Poulsen (1918–1999), painter, president of Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund, female artists society
• Bolette Puggaard (1798–1847), landscape painter

R

• Anu Ramdas (born 1980), artist
• Pia Ranslet (born 1956), painter and sculptor
• Franka Rasmussen (1907–1994), German-born Danish textile artist
• Louise Ravn-Hansen (1849–1909), painter and etcher
• Jane Reumert (1942–2016), ceramist
• Jytte Rex (born 1942), painter, writer, filmmaker
• Lise Ring (born 1936), sculptor and art organization player
• Monica Ritterband (born 1955), artist, designer
• Elizabeth Romhild (born 1960), Danish-Armenian painter, sculptor and designer
• Kirstine Roepstorff (born 1972), artist

S

• Naja Salto (1945–2016), textile artist
• Tusnelda Sanders (1894-1978), painter, designer
• Marie Sandholt (1872–1942), painter and ceramist
• Anna Sarauw (1839–1919), textile artist
• Helen Schou (1905–2006), sculptor
• Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye (born 1938), Turkish-Danish ceramist
• Vigdis Sigmundsdóttir (1934–2023), Faroese collage artist
• Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), symbolist painter
• Ruth Smith (1913–1958), Faroese painter
• Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), textile artist
• Georgia Skovgaard (1828–1868), embroiderer
• Agnes Slott-Møller (1862–1937), painter
• Agnes Smidt (1874–1952), painter and Danish culture supporter in Southern Jutland
• Eva Sørensen (1940–2019), sculptor, ceramist
• Grethe Sørensen (born 1947), textile artist
• Dagmar Starcke (1899–1975), painter and textile artist
• Nina Sten-Knudsen (born 1957), painter
• Birte Stenbak (born 1938), goldsmith and jewellery designer
• Gudrun Stig Aagaard (1895–1986), textile designer
• Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith, jewellery designer
• Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator
• Christine Swane (1876–1960), painter
• Anna Syberg (1870–1914), painter

T

• Anne Marie Telmányi (1893–1983), painter, writer
• Anna Thommesen (1908–2004), textile artist
• Emma Thomsen (1820–1897), painter
• Pauline Thomsen (1858–1931), painter, art teacher
• Helle Thorborg (born 1927), painter and graphic designer
• Elisa Marie Thornam (1857–1901), painter and illustrator
• Emmy Thornam (1852–1935), flower painter and writer
• Ludovica Thornam (1853–1896), painter
• Jette Thyssen (born 1933), textile artist
• Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), sculptor
• Paula Trock (1889–1979), weaver, textile artist
• Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), painter, memoirist
• Nicoline Tuxen (1847–1931), painter

U

• Sara Ulrik (1855–1916), flower painter
• Lin Utzon (born 1946), ceramics, textiles
• Susanne Ussing (1940–1998), artist, ceramist, architect

V

• Ingrid Vang Nyman (1916–1959), illustrator
• Hanne Varming (1939–2022), sculptor and medallist
• Gertrud Vasegaard (1913–2007), ceramist
• Hanne Vedel (born 1933), weaver
• Adelgunde Vogt (1811–1892), sculptor

W

• Olga Wagner (1873–1963), painter and sculptor
• Clara Wæver (1855–1930), embroiderer
• Elisabeth Wandel (1850–1926), painter
• Gertie Wandel (1894–1988), textile artist
• Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer
• Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), painter, illustrator
• Bertha Wegmann (1846–1926), portrait painter
• Ida Winckler (1907–1995), textile artist, specializing in embroidery

See also

• List of Danish women photographers
• List of Scandinavian textile artists