List of Danish women writers

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

A

 * Karen Aabye (1904–1982), journalist and historical novelist
 * Jane Aamund (1936–2019), novelist and journalist
 * Merete Ahnfeldt-Mollerup (born 1963), works on architecture
 * Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963), poet, novelist and short story writer
 * Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller
 * Annemette Kure Andersen (born 1962), widely translated poet
 * Clara Andersen (1826–1895), playwright and short story writer
 * Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator and textile specialist
 * Emilie Andersen (1895–1970), historian and archivist
 * Signe Arnfred (born 1944), sociologist specializing in gender studies
 * Inga Arvad (1913–1973), journalist

B

 * Charlotte Baden (1740–1824), novelist and feminist writer
 * Jette Baagøe (born 1946), museum director, botanist and non-fiction writer
 * Solvej Balle (born 1962), novelist and poet
 * Regitze Barner (1834–1911), philanthropist and writer
 * Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850–1923), baroness, writer and philanthropist
 * Dorothea Biehl (1731–1788), playwright
 * Louise Bjørnsen (1824–1899), novelist and short story writer
 * Jenny Blicher-Clausen (1865–1907), poet and playwright
 * Karen Blixen (1885–1962), novelist and memoirist, including Out of Africa
 * Sara Blædel (born 1964), crime-fiction novelist
 * Bodil Bech (1889–1942), poet
 * Cecil Bødker (1927–2020), young-adult fiction
 * Sophia Brahe (1556–1643), wrote the genealogy of Danish noble families
 * Marie Bregendahl (1867–1940), novelist and writer of realistic rural literature
 * Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944), novelist and journalist
 * Therese Brummer (1833–1896), children's writer, biographer
 * Friederike Brun (1765–1835), poet and travel writer
 * Anne Bruun (1853–1934), women's rights activist and editor of Kvinden og Samfundet
 * Tine Bryld (1939–2011), novelist
 * Julia Butschkow (born 1978), playwright and poet

C

 * Franziska Carlsen (1817–1876), writer documenting local history and folklore
 * Esther Carstensen (1873–1955), women's rights activist and journal editor
 * Mimi Carstensen (1852–1935), philanthropist, journalist and magazine editor
 * Inger Christensen (1935–2009), poet, novelist and essayist
 * Leonora Christine (1621–1698), writer of memoirs, Denmark's first known woman writer
 * Bente Clod (born 1946), poet, novelist and children's writer
 * Hedvig Collin (1880–1964), painter, illustrator and children's writer

D

 * Ulla Dahlerup (born 1942), journalist, writer and women's rights activist
 * Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), poet, novelist and short story writer
 * Emmy Drachmann (1854–1928), novelist

E

 * Elsebeth Egholm (born 1960), popular crime-fiction author and TV screenwriter
 * Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922), novelist, playwright and women's rights activist
 * Katrine Engberg (born 1975), novelist and actress
 * Merete Erbou Laurent (born 1949), weaver, textile artist and magazine editor
 * Inge Eriksen (1935–2015), novelist, science fiction, poet and political activist

F

 * Astrid Stampe Feddersen (1852–1930), writings in support of women's rights
 * Elfride Fibiger (1832–1911), novelist, short story writer and women's emancipation activist
 * Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867), playwright, novelist and Denmark's first professional nurse
 * Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872), writings in support of women's rights
 * Hanne Finsen (1925–2023), art historian
 * Kate Fleron (1909–2006), journal editor and resistance member
 * Lone Frank (born 1966), journalist and non-fiction writer
 * Kirstine Frederiksen (1845–1903), pedagogue, writer and women's rights advocate
 * Astrid Friis (1893–1966), historian and journal editor

G

 * Emma Gad (1852–1921), playwright and non-fiction writer
 * Suzanne Giese (1946–2012), writer and women's rights activist
 * Henny Glarbo (1884–1955), archivist
 * Luise Gramm (1746–1824), letter writer
 * Elsa Gress (1919–1988), essayist, novelist and dramatist
 * Anna Grue (born 1957), crime novelist
 * Thomasine Gyllembourg (1773–1856), novelist

H

 * Marie Hammer (1907–2002), zoologist
 * Henriette Hanck (1807–1846), poet and novelist
 * Lise Hannestad (born 1943), classical scholar and archaeologist
 * Bente Hansen (1940–2022), writer, editor and women's rights activist
 * Eva Hemmer Hansen (1913–1983), journalist, novelist, translator and feminist
 * Lise Bach Hansen (fl. 2000s), curator, Royal Danish Library
 * Kirsten Hastrup (born 1948), anthropologist
 * Sonja Hauberg (1918–1947), prominent novelist
 * Bettina Hauge (born 1964), anthropologist
 * Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone (1778–1853), novelist and short story writer
 * Annette Heick (born 1971), journalist
 * Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812–1890), writer of memoirs
 * Julie Heins (1822–1902), schoolteacher and reading book writer
 * Dyveke Helsted (1919–2005), art historian, museum director
 * Agnes Henningsen (1868–1962), novelist, short story writer and women's rights activist
 * Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), educator and rights activist
 * Greta Hort born Grethe Hjort (1903–1967), professor of Danish and English literature
 * Anne Holm (1922–1998), children's writer and journalist
 * Gretelise Holm (born 1948), journalist, non-fiction and fiction writer
 * Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born 1959), journalist and novelist
 * Ellen Hørup (1871–1953), journalist and non-fiction writer on peace and women's rights
 * Emma Hørup (1836–1929), journalist and schoolteacher
 * Annelise Hovmand (1924–2016), screenwriter
 * Anna Hude (1858–1934), historian

J

 * Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961), philologist and historian
 * Kristine Marie Jensen (1858–1923), early cookbook writer
 * Thit Jensen (1876–1957), novelist, playwright and short story writer involved in women's rights
 * Thyra Jensen (1865–1949), short story writer, biographer and women's rights activist
 * Helga Johansen (1852–1912), novelist associated with the Modern Breakthrough
 * Ellen Jørgensen (1877–1948), historian
 * Erna Juel-Hansen (1845–1922), novelist, short story writer, feminist and educator
 * Teckla Juel (1834–1904), novelist, short story writer and composer of songs

K

 * Anne Krabbe (1552–1618), estate owner and writer
 * Lene Kaaberbøl (born 1960), children's writer and crime fiction writer
 * Janina Katz (1938–2013), Polish-born Danish poet, novelist and children's writer
 * Lisbeth Knudsen (born 1953), journalist, editor-in-chief and businesswoman
 * Lene Koch (born 1947), gender studies researcher and historian
 * Nynne Koch (1915–2001), novelist, autobiographer and gender studies researcher
 * Birgithe Kosovic (born 1972), journalist and autobiographer on Yugoslavia

L

 * Margrethe Lasson (1659–1738), author of Denmark's first novel
 * Cornelia von Levetzow (1836–1921), popular novelist
 * Olivia Levison, (1847–1894), author and writer
 * Mette Lisby (born 1968), writer, actress, comedian and television host, now in the United States
 * Anne Marie Løn (born 1947), novelist
 * Hansigne Lorenzen (1879–1952), novelist and poet from Southern Jutland
 * Anna Christiane Ludvigsen (1794–1884), poet from Southern Jutland
 * Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and educator
 * Hulda Lütken (1896–1946), poet and novelist

M

 * Sofie Madsen (1897–1982), educator of autistic children
 * Anne Marie Mangor (1781–1865), early cookbook writer
 * Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907), novelist and short story writer
 * Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950), journalist, novelist and children's writer
 * Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), U.S. immigrant author of the Little Bear series of children's books
 * Johanne Meyer (1838–1915), pioneering Danish suffragist, pacifist, journal editor and writer
 * Eva Moltesen (1871–1934), Finnish-Danish writer and peace activist
 * Else Moltke (1888–1986), writer on historical figures
 * Herdis Møllehave (1936–2001), social worker and novelist
 * Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), novelist and writer on women and childbirth
 * Johanne Münter (1844–1921), writer and women's rights activist
 * Elna Mygdal (1868–1940), textile researcher, museum director and writer

N

 * Bodil Neergaard (1867–1959), landowner, philanthropist and memoirist
 * Henriette Nielsen (1815–1900), novelist and playwright
 * Maria Nielsen (1882–1931), historian and educator
 * Lise Nørgaard (1917–2023), novelist, screenwriter and author of TV series Matador
 * Marianne Nøhr Larsen (born 1963), anthropologist and writer
 * Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (born 1975), historian

O

 * Annette K. Olesen (born 1965), screenwriter
 * Voldborg Ølsgaard (1877–1939), editor of Fred og Frihed
 * Tania Ørum (born 1945), literary historian, gender studies specialist
 * Elise Otté (1818–1903), Anglo-Danish philologist and historian
 * Estrid Ott (1900–1967), prolific children's writer

P

 * Hortense Panum (1856–1933), music historian
 * Sophie Petersen (1885–1965), geographer
 * Louise von Plessen (1725–1799), court memoirist
 * Birgitte Possing (born 1952), historian, biographer and feminist

Q

 * Hedevig Quiding (1867–1936), opera singer, music critic, journalist, educator
 * Anne Margrethe Qvitzow (1652–1700), poet, translator and memoirist

R

 * Ingeborg Raunkiær (1863–1921), novelist and article writer
 * Olga Ravn (born 1986), poet and novelist
 * Adda Ravnkilde (1862–1883), Danish novelists
 * Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow (1747–1822), countess, author and letter writer
 * Julie Reventlow (1763–1816), salonnière and non-fiction writer
 * Jytte Rex (born 1942), novelist and writer on women's rights
 * Ane Riel (born 1971), novelist and winner of the Glass Key award
 * Ivan Ring, pen name of Alfhilda Mechlenburg (1830–1907)
 * Signe Rink (1836–1909), Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist
 * Anna-Grethe Rischel (born 1935), paper historian
 * Edith Rode (1879–1956), novelist and journalist
 * Else Roesdahl (born 1942), historian and specialist on Vikings
 * Caja Rude (1884–1949), novelist and women's rights activist

S

 * Astrid Saalbach (born 1955), playwright and novelist
 * Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921), philanthropist, feminist, politician and women's journal editor
 * Lotte Salling (born 1964), children's writer
 * Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), art historian
 * Bente Scavenius (born 1944), art critic and author
 * Rikke Schubart (born 1966), novelist and writer on film and television
 * Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), novelist
 * Ingeborg Maria Sick (1858–1951), novelist and biographer
 * Birte Siim (born 1945), political scientist specializing in gender studies
 * Sanne Søndergaard (born 1980), novelist and stand-up comedian
 * Anna Louise Stevnhøj (born 1963), non-fiction writer on children and health
 * Maria Engelbrecht Stokkenbech (1759–after 1806), feminist and autobiographer
 * Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), novelist and short story writer
 * Ingeborg Suhr Mailand (1871–1989), educator and cookbook writer
 * Karin-Lis Svarre (1946–2009), television journalist and writer
 * Hanne Marie Svendsen (born 1933), non-fiction writer and novelist
 * Karen Syberg (born 1945), writer, gender researcher and feminist

T

 * Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), poet
 * Janne Teller (born 1964), philosophical novelist
 * Mette Thomsen (born 1970), novelist
 * Magdalene Thoresen (1819–1903), Danish-born Norwegian poet and novelist
 * Kirsten Thorup (born 1942), novelist, poet and screenwriter
 * Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), memoirist and painter
 * Fanny Tuxen (1832–1906), children's writer

U

 * Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621–1698), autobiographer

V

 * Alice Vestergaard (born 1937), journalist, newspaper editor, television news coordinator
 * Vibeke Vasbo (born 1944), novelist, poet, women's activist and former member of Danish Lesbian Movement

W

 * Emilie West (1844–1907), schoolteacher and needlework proponent
 * Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer
 * Dorrit Willumsen (born 1940), poet, novelist and short story writer
 * Mette Winge (1937–2022), novelist, literary critic
 * Pauline Worm (1825–1883), writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist