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 (born 1945), 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 (born 1950), 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 (born 1937), 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

S

 * Naja Salto (1945–2016), textile artist
 * 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 (born 1939), 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