List of Danish sculptors explained

This is a list of sculptors who were born or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:

A

• Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), concrete art movement
• Carl Aarsleff (1852–1918), statues and statuettes
• Daniel Andersen (1885–1959), also a composer
• Henrik B. Andersen (born 1958), abstract yet recognizable works, professor
• Rasmus Andersen (1861–1930), naturalistic portraits

B

• Claus Berg, Odense cathedral altarpiece
• Ejler Bille (1910–2004), small sculptures, painting
• Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868), Landsoldaten in Fredericia
• Vilhelm Bissen (1836–1913), Absalon on Højbro Plads
• Johannes Bjerg (1886–1955), El Greco inspired statues
• Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), naturalistic sculptor, successful in California
• Carl Johan Bonnesen (1868–1933), statues and statuettes
• Peter Brandes (born 1944), abstract art
• Ib Braase (1923–2009), left Denmark to work in France with unconventional materials
• Hans Brüggemann (c. 1480 – c. 1521), Bordesholm Altar, Schleswig Cathedral
• Anders Bundgaard (1864–1937), Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen

C

• Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), naturalistic figures of animals and people
• Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700), statues in London
• Louis August le Clerc (1688–1771), Rococo decoration, Christiansborg
• Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021), monumental public art

D

• Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen (1874–1960), animal figurines
• Adam van Düren (c. 1487 – c. 1532), Linköping Cathedral

E

• Torben Ebbesen (born 1945), installations with contrasting materials
• Friederich Ehbisch (1672–1748), stucco in Rosenborg and Fredensborg Castles
• Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982), French-inspired bronze female figures
• Olafur Eliasson (born 1967), large-scale installations
• Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), Little Mermaid, Copenhagen

F

• Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911–1984), avant-garde sculptor
• Adam Fischer (1888–1968), Cubist figures
• Jacob Fortling (1711–1761), staircases in various palaces
• Wilhelm Freddie (1909–1995), realism, abstract art
• Hermann Ernst Freund (1786–1840), Nordic mythology

G

• Paul Gadegaard (1920–1992), designed factory furnishings to complement his artwork
• Jens Galschiøt (born 1954), main bronze public sculptures
• Jean René Gauguin (1881–1961), bronze castings of athletes and dancers
• Ib Geertsen (1919–2009), mobiles and hanging art
• Johannes Gelert (1852–1923), public art in the United States
• Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1985–1966), busts inspired by classical Greek sculpture

H

• Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), Echo, Rosenborg Castle Gardens
• Karl Hansen Reistrup (1863–1929), ceramics from Kähler's workshop in Næstved
• Rasmus Harboe (1868–1952), Hercules Fountain, Vesterbros Torv
• Carl Hartmann (1837–1901), worked with antique motifs in the Thorvaldsen tradition
• Louis Hasselriis (1844–1912), public statues of national heroes
• Arne Haugen Sørensen (born 1932), church decoration in a variety of art forms
• Jørgen Haugen Sørensen (1934–2021), figurative bronzes, large angular works
• Hein Heinsen (born 1935), minimalism
• Gerhard Henning (1880–1967), statues of the female form
• Louise Hindsgavl (born 1973), sculptor
• Hans Holst (1619, died after 1640), woodcarver
• Horder (12th century), baptismal fonts
• Knud Hvidberg (1927–1986), Constructivist works inspired by Linien II

J

• Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Troll that smells Christian blood
• Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), sculpture part at Tørskind Gravel Pit
• Georg Jensen (1866–1935), Art Nouveau silversmith
• Søren Georg Jensen (1917–1982), silversmith and sculptor
• Steen Krarup Jensen (born 1950), experimental work, mobiles and assemblages
• Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816–1883), dynamic naturalistic figures including Penelope
• Asger Jorn (1914–1973), versatile artist, founded avant-garde COBRA, over 2,500 works
• Lorentz Jørgensen (1644, died after 1681), woodcarver

K

• Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), experimental eks-skolen works, widely exhibited
• Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), installations
• Eigil Knuth (1903–1996), Inuit busts
• Dorthe Kristoffersen (1906–1976), Greenlandic sculptor of small mythological figures
• K'itura Kristoffersen (born 1939), Greenlandic sculptor
• Sara Kristoffersen (1937–2008), Greenlandic sculptor

L

• Jørn Larsen (1926–2004), member of Grønningen, sculptures in marble, granite, steel
• Christian Lemmerz (born 1959), German-born sculptor, illustrator and performance artist
• Jan Leth (1932–2010), abstract monumental works
• Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), abstract works often in unconventional materials including neon tubes
• Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), animals including horses and cows
• Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people

M

• Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), sculptor, textile artist and writer
• Harvey Martin (1942–2014), smith and sculptor, public works in iron and steel
• Egon Møller-Nielsen (1915–1959), abstract surrealistic works
• Brix Michgell (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker
• Mogens Møller (1934–2021), Minimalist sculptor, large public works

N

• Knud Nellemose (1908–1997), sportsmen, famous Danes
• Kai Nielsen (1882–1924), rounded female forms, works on Blågårds Plads
• Astrid Noack (1888–1954), specialized in the human figure
• Bjørn Nørgaard (born 1947), critical works, various materials, monumental public sculptures

O

• Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor
• Henrik Olrik (1830–1890), designs for tableware
• Hans Pauli Olsen (born 1957), public works in Tórshavn
• John Olsen (1938–2019), works based on birds and animals in natural materials
• Willy Ørskov (1920–1990), plastics and inflatable materials
• Kirsten Ortwed (born 1948), striking sculptures in public places

P

• Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), monumental art
• Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan (1859–1939), granite elephants, Carlsberg Brewery
• Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), sculptor
• Nielsine Petersen (1851–1916), sculptor, bronze statues
• Johann Christoph Petzold (1708–1762), Neptune and Mercury at Børsen
• Axel Poulsen (1887–1972), large public memorials

Q

• Thomas Quellinus (1661–1709), baroque works in churches and memorial chapels

R

• Arne Ranslet (1931–2018), grotesque animal sculptures and monumental bronze works
• Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Maritime Monument on Copenhagen's waterfront, Lumbye monument in Tivoli
• Lise Ring (born 1936), sculptures of women, children and animals

S

• August Saabye (1823–1916), small elaborate bronzes, Hans Christian Andersen statue in Rosenborg Castle Gardens
• Jacques Saly (1717–1776), equestrian statue of Frederik V at Amalienborg (1846–1922)
• Stephan Sinding (1846–1922), symbolic works including Valkyrien
• Niels Skovgaard (1858–1938), statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig
• Povl Søndergaard (1905–1986), simply crafted bronze or granite works
• Carl Frederik Stanley (c. 1738–1813), Neo-classical monuments and decorative work
• Simon Carl Stanley (1703–1761), numerous marble statues including Venus, Adonis and Cupid in Fredensborg
• Henrik Starcke (1899–1973), fanciful creatures
• Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger (1587–1639), sculptural works for Kronborg and Frederiksborg
• Hans van Steenwinckel the Youngest (1639–1700), sepulchral chapel in St Peter's, Copenhagen
• Theobald Stein (1829–1901), Ludvig Holberg statue outside the Royal Danish Theatre
• Morten Stræde (born 1956), organic and geometric works
• Leif Sylvester Petersen (born 1940), art in public spaces

T

• Rudolph Tegner (1873–1950), Symbolism, controversial monument to Niels Finsen
• Erik Thommesen (1916–2008), Expressionist representations of the human figure in hardwood inspired by African sculpture
• Christian Thomsen (1860–1921), influential role in producing porcelain figures
• Bertel Thorvaldsen (c. 1770–1844), Neo-classical statues crafted mainly in Italy, Christ in Vor Frue Kirke
• Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), renewal of Danish sculpture with emphasis on Greenland
• Kurt Trampedach (1943–2013), mainly a painter

U

• Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), many classical works for public monuments in the Thorvaldsen style

V

• Hanne Varming (born 1939), sculptor and medallist

W

• Olga Wagner (1873–1963), stone and bronze statues, porcelain figures
• Gunnar Westman (1915–1985), stylized figures, often of children
• Johannes Wiedewelt (1731–1802), Neo-classical works for the Danish court including memorial monument of Christian VI
• Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997), Mennesket ved havet near Esbjerg
• Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863–1958), versatile artists also practicing sculpture

See also

• List of Danish painters