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List of Danish sculptors

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

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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==
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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 (1944–2025), 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==
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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==
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Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen (1874–1960), animal figurines • Adam van Düren (c. 1487 – c. 1532), Linköping Cathedral ==E==
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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==
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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==
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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==
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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 ==I==
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Niels Hansen Jacobsen (1861–1941), Troll that smells Christian bloodRobert 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 PenelopeAsger Jorn (1914–1973), versatile artist, founded avant-garde COBRA, over 2,500 works • Lorentz Jørgensen (1644, died after 1681), woodcarver ==K==
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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==
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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==
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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==
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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==
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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==
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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==
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Thomas Quellinus (1661–1709), baroque works in churches and memorial chapels ==R==
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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==
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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 ValkyrienNiels 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==
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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==
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Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), many classical works for public monuments in the Thorvaldsen style ==V==
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