List of Danish sculptors
This is a list of sculptors who were born or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:
A
- Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, concrete art movement
- Carl Aarsleff, statues and statuettes
- Daniel Andersen, also a composer
- Henrik B. Andersen, abstract yet recognizable works, professor
- Rasmus Andersen, naturalistic portraits
B
- Claus Berg, Odense cathedral altarpiece
- Ejler Bille, small sculptures, painting
- Herman Wilhelm Bissen, Landsoldaten in Fredericia
- Vilhelm Bissen, Absalon on Højbro Plads
- Johannes Bjerg, El Greco inspired statues
- Thyra Boldsen, naturalistic sculptor, successful in California
- Carl Johan Bonnesen, statues and statuettes
- Peter Brandes, abstract art
- Ib Braase, left Denmark to work in France with unconventional materials
- Hans Brüggemann, Bordesholm Altar, Schleswig Cathedral
- Anders Bundgaard, Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen
C
- Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, naturalistic figures of animals and people
- Caius Gabriel Cibber, statues in London
- Louis August le Clerc, Rococo decoration, Christiansborg
- Ingvar Cronhammar, monumental public art
D
- Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen, animal figurines
- Adam van Düren, Linköping Cathedral
E
- Torben Ebbesen, installations with contrasting materials
- Friederich Ehbisch, stucco in Rosenborg and Fredensborg Castles
- Gottfred Eickhoff, French-inspired bronze female figures
- Olafur Eliasson, large-scale installations
- Edvard Eriksen, Little Mermaid, Copenhagen
F
- Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, avant-garde sculptor
- Adam Fischer, Cubist figures
- Jacob Fortling, staircases in various palaces
- Wilhelm Freddie, realism, abstract art
- Hermann Ernst Freund, Nordic mythology
G
- Paul Gadegaard, designed factory furnishings to complement his artwork
- Jens Galschiøt, main bronze public sculptures
- Jean René Gauguin, bronze castings of athletes and dancers
- Ib Geertsen, mobiles and hanging art
- Johannes Gelert, public art in the United States
- Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, busts inspired by classical Greek sculpture
H
- Aksel Hansen, Echo, Rosenborg Castle Gardens
- Karl Hansen Reistrup, ceramics from Kähler's workshop in Næstved
- Rasmus Harboe, Hercules Fountain, Vesterbros Torv
- Carl Hartmann, worked with antique motifs in the Thorvaldsen tradition
- Louis Hasselriis, public statues of national heroes
- Arne Haugen Sørensen, church decoration in a variety of art forms
- Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, figurative bronzes, large angular works
- Hein Heinsen, minimalism
- Gerhard Henning, statues of the female form
- Louise Hindsgavl, sculptor
- Hans Holst, woodcarver
- Horder, baptismal fonts
- Knud Hvidberg, Constructivist works inspired by Linien II
J
- Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Troll that smells Christian blood
- Robert Jacobsen, sculpture part at Tørskind Gravel Pit
- Georg Jensen, Art Nouveau silversmith
- Søren Georg Jensen, silversmith and sculptor
- Steen Krarup Jensen, experimental work, mobiles and assemblages
- Jens Adolf Jerichau, dynamic naturalistic figures including Penelope
- Asger Jorn, versatile artist, founded avant-garde COBRA, over 2,500 works
- Lorentz Jørgensen, woodcarver
K
- Per Kirkeby, experimental eks-skolen works, widely exhibited
- Elle Klarskov Jørgensen, installations
- Eigil Knuth, Inuit busts
- Dorthe Kristoffersen, Greenlandic sculptor of small mythological figures
- K'itura Kristoffersen, Greenlandic sculptor
- Sara Kristoffersen, Greenlandic sculptor
L
- Jørn Larsen, member of Grønningen, sculptures in marble, granite, steel
- Christian Lemmerz, German-born sculptor, illustrator and performance artist
- Jan Leth, abstract monumental works
- Kirsten Lockenwitz, abstract works often in unconventional materials including neon tubes
- Agnes Lunn, animals including horses and cows
- Sigrid Lütken, sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people
M
- Julie Marstrand, sculptor, textile artist and writer
- Harvey Martin, smith and sculptor, public works in iron and steel
- Egon Møller-Nielsen, abstract surrealistic works
- Brix Michgell, sculptor, woodworker
- Mogens Møller, Minimalist sculptor, large public works
N
- Knud Nellemose, sportsmen, famous Danes
- Kai Nielsen, rounded female forms, works on Blågårds Plads
- Astrid Noack, specialized in the human figure
- Bjørn Nørgaard, critical works, various materials, monumental public sculptures
O
- Tove Ólafsson, sculptor
- Henrik Olrik, designs for tableware
- Hans Pauli Olsen, public works in Tórshavn
- John Olsen, works based on birds and animals in natural materials
- Willy Ørskov, plastics and inflatable materials
- Kirsten Ortwed, striking sculptures in public places
P
- Carl-Henning Pedersen, monumental art
- Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan, granite elephants, Carlsberg Brewery
- Johanne Pedersen-Dan, sculptor
- Nielsine Petersen, sculptor, bronze statues
- Johann Christoph Petzold, Neptune and Mercury at Børsen
- Axel Poulsen, large public memorials
Q
- Thomas Quellinus, baroque works in churches and memorial chapels
R
- Arne Ranslet, grotesque animal sculptures and monumental bronze works
- Svend Rathsack, Maritime Monument on Copenhagen's waterfront, Lumbye monument in Tivoli
- Lise Ring, sculptures of women, children and animals
S
- August Saabye, small elaborate bronzes, Hans Christian Andersen statue in Rosenborg Castle Gardens
- Jacques Saly, equestrian statue of Frederik V at Amalienborg
- Stephan Sinding, symbolic works including Valkyrien
- Niels Skovgaard, statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig
- Povl Søndergaard, simply crafted bronze or granite works
- Carl Frederik Stanley, Neo-classical monuments and decorative work
- Simon Carl Stanley, numerous marble statues including Venus, Adonis and Cupid in Fredensborg
- Henrik Starcke, fanciful creatures
- Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger, sculptural works for Kronborg and Frederiksborg
- Hans van Steenwinckel the Youngest, sepulchral chapel in St Peter's, Copenhagen
- Theobald Stein, Ludvig Holberg statue outside the Royal Danish Theatre
- Morten Stræde, organic and geometric works
- Leif Sylvester Petersen, art in public spaces
T
- Rudolph Tegner, Symbolism, controversial monument to Niels Finsen
- Erik Thommesen, Expressionist representations of the human figure in hardwood inspired by African sculpture
- Christian Thomsen, influential role in producing porcelain figures
- Bertel Thorvaldsen, Neo-classical statues crafted mainly in Italy, Christ in Vor Frue Kirke
- Elisabeth Toubro, renewal of Danish sculpture with emphasis on Greenland
- Kurt Trampedach, mainly a painter
U
- Einar Utzon-Frank, many classical works for public monuments in the Thorvaldsen style
V
- Hanne Varming, sculptor and medallist
W
- Olga Wagner, stone and bronze statues, porcelain figures
- Gunnar Westman, stylized figures, often of children
- Johannes Wiedewelt, Neo-classical works for the Danish court including memorial monument of Christian VI
- Svend Wiig Hansen, Mennesket ved havet near Esbjerg
- Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, versatile artists also practicing sculpture