Danish Media

A list with media originating in Denmark.

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Actors

• Pilou Asbæk
• Claes Bang
• David Bateson ^note Moved from South Africa, most of the works he has appeared in are Danish.
• Magnus Bruun
• Jesper Christensen
• Stephanie Corneliussen
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• David Dencik
• Giancarlo Esposito ^note Born in Denmark, currently based in the U.S.
• Sofie Gråbøl
• Scarlett Johansson (holds dual American-Danish citizenship)
• Anders Matthesen
• Lars Mikkelsen
• Mads Mikkelsen
• Viggo Mortensen
• Brigitte Nielsen
• Connie Nielsen
• Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
• Ove Sprogøe
• Yutte Stensgaard
• Ulrich Thomsen
• Sven-Ole Thorsen
• Emilie Ullerup

Artists

• Henrik Drescher
• Carl Theodor Dreyer
• Ludvig Holberg
• Anders Thomas Jensen
• Don Kenn
• Nicolas Winding Refn
• Thomas Vinterberg
• Lars von Trier

Art

• The Future Forest (made in Mexico by a Danish artist)

Authors

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Henrik Drescher
• Sven Hassel
• Jens Peter Jacobsen
• Søren Kierkegaard

Comics

• The Call of C'Russo
• Millennium Orb Saga
• Rasmus Klump
• Valhalla

Films — Animated

• Asterix and the Vikings (French-Danish co-production)
• Checkered Ninja
• Dreambuilders
• Dreaming of Paradise
• Flee
• The Flight Before Christmas
• Help! I'm a Fish
• Journey to Saturn
• Jungledyret Hugo
• Ronal the Barbarian
• Samson and Sally
• Song of the Sea (Irish-Belgian-Danish-French-Luxembourgish co-production)
• Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms
• Terkel in Trouble
• The Ugly Duckling and Me
• Valhalla
• War Of The Birds

Films — Live Action

• Adam's Apples
• After the Wedding
• Another Round
• April 9th
• Attachment
• Babette's Feast
• The Bus
• The Celebration ("Festen")
• Dear Wendy (international co-production)
• Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
• The films of Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Master of the House
  • The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • Vampyr
  • Ordet
• Election Night (1998)
• Flame & Citron
• Flickering Lights
• Gertrud
• The Green Butchers
• The Guilty
• Harry and the Butler
• Häxan
• Helium
• The House of the Spirits (German-Danish-Portuguese co-production)
• The Hunt (2012)
• In a Better World
• In China They Eat Dogs
• Journey to the Seventh Planet
• Knight of Fortune
• Land of Mine (Danish-German co-production)
• The New Tenants (in English)
• Nightwatch (1994)
• Olsen-banden
• Only God Forgives (in English)
• On My Mind
• Operation Lovebirds
• Paw
• Pelle the Conqueror
• Princess
• The Promised Land (aka Bastarden)
• Pusher
• Qivitoq
• The Red Meadows
• Reptilicus
• Riders of Justice
• A Royal Affair
• The Salvation
• Silent Nights
• The Sinful Dwarf
• Speak No Evil
• The films of Lars von Trier
  • Antichrist
  • Breaking the Waves
  • Dancer in the Dark
  • Dogville
  • The Element of Crime
  • The Idiots
  • Melancholia
  • Nymphomaniac
  • The House That Jack Built
• Valhalla Rising
• A War
• What We Become
• Wolfgang
• Z.P.G.

Literature

• Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
  • The Little Match Girl
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Nightingale
  • The Princess and the Pea
  • The Shadow
  • The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep
  • The Snow Queen
  • The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  • Thumbelina
  • The Tinder Box
  • The Ugly Duckling
• Gesta Danorum
• Lover And Beloved
• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
• Oriuagor
• The Shamer Chronicles
• The Stolen Spring
• The White Men

Music

• Alphabeat
• Amaranthe (Swedish/Danish)
• Aqua
• Victor Borge
• Cryoshell
• D-A-D
• DÚNÉ
• Emmelie De Forest
• Efterklang
• Hamferð (Faroe Islands)
• Illdisposed
• Junior Senior
• King Diamond
  • 1987 - Abigail
• Jesper Kyd
• Lukas Graham
• Mew
• Michael Learns To Rock
• Mnemic
• MØ
• Myrkur
• Natasja (Danish/Sudanese)
• Nephew
• New Politics
• Niels Bye Nielson
• Pretty Maids
• The Raveonettes
• Sarah
• Studio Killers (also based in Finland and the UK)
• Toy-Box
• Týr (Faroe Islands)
• Volbeat
• Wuthering Heights

Philosophers

• Søren Kierkegaard

Tabletop Games

• Chaotic

Toys

• LEGO
• Troll Dolls

TV Series

• Danish Series

Video Games

• 140
• 3D Realms
• Affordable Space Adventures (Danish-Swedish co-production)
• Arcadia Fallen
• Back to Bed
• Battle Squadron
• Bombshell
• Cocoon (2023)
• Deadline Games
  • Blackout
  • Total Overdose
  • Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Divinity: Fallen Heroes
• Echo
• Everybody Edits Flash
• Expeditions: Conquistador
  • Expeditions: Viking
  • Expeditions: Rome
• Figment
• Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator
• FORCED
• The Forest Quartet
• Forgotton Anne
• Freeciv
• Freedom Planet (Danish-American co-production)
  • Freedom Planet 2 (Danish-American co-production)
• Gangland
• Gerda: A Flame in Winter
• Ghostrunner (Danish-Polish co-production)
• Graven
• A Hat in Time
• Headland
• Heroes & Generals
• Hugo the TV Troll
  • Agent Hugo
  • Agent Hugo: RoboRumble
• IO Interactive
  • Freedom Fighters (2003)
  • Hitman
    • Hitman: Codename 47
    • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
    • Hitman: Contracts
    • Hitman: Blood Money
    • Hitman: Absolution
    • World of Assassination Trilogy
    • Hitman (2016)
    • Hitman 2
    • Hitman 3
  • Kane & Lynch
  • Mini Ninjas
• I Wanna Be The Boshy
• Kogama
• Lightmatter
• Max The Curse Of Brotherhood
• Minion Masters
• The Nameless Mod
• Pixeline
• Planet Life
• Playdead
  • INSIDE (2016)
  • Limbo (2010)
• Press Play
• The Silent Age
• Spoiler Alert
• Startup Company
• Subway Surfers
• Sword of Sodan
• The Tree of Death
• Unity
• Welcome to Elk
• What the Golf?
• Wings of Vi

Web Animation

• Musophobia
• The Saga of Biorn

Webcomics

• Humon
  • Love and Tentacles
  • Manala Next Door
  • Niels
  • Scandinavia and the World

Western Animation

• John Dillermand
• Monster Loving Maniacs

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