List of people on the postage stamps of Denmark explained

Denmark has issued stamps since 1851. The first person to be featured on a Danish stamp was King Christian IX. The years appearing after each name refer to when that person was first featured on a stamp.

This list is complete through early 2003.

Danish West Indies

A

• Nicolai A. Abildgaard (1984)
• Peder Christian Abildgaard (1973)
• Søren Abildgaard (1998)
• Absalon, Archbishop and statesman (1980)
• Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1939 semi-postal)
• Michael Ancher (1996)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1935)
• Ib Andersen (1991)
• Mogens Andersen (1998)
• Valdemar Andersen (1991)
• Anne-Marie of Denmark Queen consort of Greece (1950 semi-postal)

B

• Otto Bache (1976)
• Jens Bang (1978)
• Poul Anker Bech (2003)
• Wilhelm Bendz (1994)
• Benedikte, Princess of Denmark (1964 semi-postal)
• Vitus Bering (1941)
• Ejler Bille (1987)
• Thorvald Bindesbøll (1996)
• Jens Birkemose (2002)
• Steen Steensen Blicher (1982)
• Karen Blixen (a.k.a. Isak Dinesen) (1980)
• Thor Bogelund (1993)
• Niels Bohr (1963)
• Kay Bojesen (1989)
• August Bournonville (1979)
• Tycho Brahe (1946)
• Georg Brandes (1971)
• Sven Brasch (1991)
• Stig Brøgger (1993)

C

• Georg Carstensen (1962)
• Povl Christensen (1970)
• Christian IV of Denmark (1924)
• Christian V of Denmark (1983)
• Christian IX of Denmark (1904)
• Christian X of Denmark (1913)
• Franciska Clausen (1993)
• Saint Canute IV of Denmark (1985)

D

• Enrico Mylius Dalgas (1966)
• Henning Damgaard-Sorensen|Henning Damgaard-Sørensen (2001)
• Magrius Otto Sophus Count Danneskjold-Samsoe (2001)
• Leon Degand (1988)
• Johan Hendrik Deuntzer (2000)
• Carl aodor Dreyer (1989)

E

• Caroline Ebbeson (1985 semi-postal)
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1983)
• Hans Egede (1971)
• Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer (1956)
• Eric of Pomerania (1997)
• Edvard Eriksen (1989)

F

[Martinus William Ferslew (2001) *[[Mathilde Fibiger]] (1971)

• Niels R. Finsen (1960)
• Ole Fick (2003)
• Wilhelm Freddie (1993)
• Frederik V of Denmark (1937)
• Frederik VII of Denmark (1975)
• Frederik VIII of Denmark (1907)
• Frederik IX of Denmark (1948)
• Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1969 semi-postal)
• Lorenz Frølich (1975)

G

• Jacob Gade (1979)
• Vincenzo Galeotti (1986)
• Johan Vilhelm Gertner (1982)
• Harald Giersing (1991)
• N. F. S. Grundtvig (1972)

H

• Vilhelm Hammershoi (1997)
• Constantin Hansen (1989)
• Emil Christian Hansen (1976)
• Peter Hansen (1988)
• Vilhelm Hansen (2002)
• Hanne Hastrup (2002)
• Osvald Helmuth (1999)
• Poul Henningsen (1991)
• Sys Hindsbo (2003)
• Ludvig Holberg (1972)

I

• Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1989)
• Ingrid of Sweden (1941 semi-postal)
• Bodil Ipsen (1989)
• Pieter Isaacsz (1988)

J

• Jacob Christian Jacobsen (1947)
• Robert Jacobsen (1985)
• Georg Jensen (1966)
• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1973)
• Frantz Christopher von Jessen (2001)
• Phillip Stein Jönsson (1992)
• Johan Knud Victor Rasmussen (1933)

K

• Preben Kaas (1999)
• Frans Kannik (2002)
• Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1955, 2013)
• Per Kirkeby (1998)
• Kirsten Klein (2002)
• Thomas Kluge (1999)
• Christen Købke (1989)
• Johan Peter Koch (1994)
• Christen Mikkelsen Kold (1966)
• August Krogh (1980)
• Axel Johannes Krøyer (1990)
• Peder Severin Krøyer (1988)

L

• Niels Lergaard (1995)
• Jørn Larsen (2001)
• Johan Thomas Lundbye (1992)
• Vilhelm Lundstrøm (1993)

M

• Peter Madsen (2002)
• Lise Malinovsky (1999)
• Margaret I of Denmark (1992)
• Margrea II of Denmark (1941 semi-postal)
• Wilhelm Marstrand (1984)
• Andrew Mitchell (1990), introduced a steam engine into Denmark in 1790
• Jorgen Mogensen (1992)
• Flemming Quist Møller (2002)
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1967)
• Bernard Law Montgomery (1995)
• Kaj Munk (1981)

N

• Martin Andersen Nexø (1969)
• Asta Nielsen (1996)
• Carl Nielsen (1965)
• Ejnar Nielsen (1966)

O

• Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1979)
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1951)

P

• Dirch Passer (1999)
• Carl-Henning Pedersen (1987)
• Vilhelm Pedersen (1975)
• Kjeld Petersen (1999)
• Robert Storm Petersen (1982)
• Erich Pontoppidan (1998)
• Christian Poulsen (1991)
• Valdemar Poulsen (1969)

R

• Rasmus Rask (1987)
• Helge Refn (1985)
• Poul Reichhardt (1986 semi-postal)
• Poul Reumert (2000)
• Ole Rømer (1944)
• Borchardt Rollufse (1980)
• Jørgen Ryg (1999)

S

• Peter Christian Skovgaard (1992)
• Jens Søndergaard (1995)
• Hans Christian Sonne (1967)
• Nina Sten-Knudsen (2000)
• Niels Stensen (1969)
• Fritz Syberg (1988)

T

• Hans Tausen (1936)
• Andreas Thiele (2001)
• Bertel Thorvaldsen (1938)
• Kurt Trampedach

U

• Arne Ungermann (1991)

V

• Valdemar I of Denmark (1980)
• Hanne Varming (2002)

W

• Liva Weel (1999)
• Alfred Wegener (1994)
• Hans Wegner (1991)
• Edvard Weie (1991)
• Nikoline Werdelin (1992)
• Peter Wessel (1990)
• Jens Ferdinand (1997)
• Bjørn Wiinblad (1986)
• Niels Winkel (1988)
• Ole Woldbye (2003)
• Ole Worm (1988)
• Troels Wörsel (1993)

Danish West Indies

• Christian IX of Denmark (1905)
• Christian X of Denmark (1915)
• Frederik VIII of Denmark (1907)