the elderly Camilla Nielsen (1856–1932), philanthropist and politician Julie Ramsing (1871–1954), organized trips to Denmark for malnourished German children Lucie Marie Reventlow (1884–1894), philanthropist, supporter of the scouting movement Philosophers N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), educationalist, philosopher and social reformer Harald Høffding (1843–1931) Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), philosopher Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981), Christian philosopher Rasmus Nielsen (1809–1884) Johannes Sløk (1916–2001), Christian philosopher and translator of Shakespeare Martinus Thomsen (1890–1981), referred to as Martinus, writer and mystic Photographers Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), first Danish photographer with own studio Per Bak Jensen (1949–), influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style Morten Bo (1945–), influential photographer, author of many photo books Pietro Boyesen (1819–1882), photographer in Rome Krass Clement (1946–), specializing in the photo-essay style Peter Faber (1810–1877), took oldest photo on record Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), first female photographer to practice in Denmark Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies Jens Fink-Jensen (1956–), contemporary artistic photographer Jan Grarup (1968–), award-winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict Ludvig Grundtvig (1836–1901), photographer and portrait painter Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), early woman photographer with a studio on the Frisian island of Föhr Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), pioneering court photographer Christian Hedemann (1852–1932), remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920–2013), pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s Jacob Holdt (1947–), used photography to encourage social reform Jesper Høm (1931–2000), influential press photographer and film director Kirsten Klein (1945–), specializing in black-and-white landscapes Astrid Kruse Jensen (1975–), specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension Claus Bjørn Larsen (1963–), award-winning press photographer Anton Melbye (1818–1875), artist using photography as an aid to painting Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe Viggo Rivad (1922–2016), used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens Leif Schiller (1939–2007), photographer Lars Schwander (1957–), portraits of international artists Jacob Aue Sobol (1976–), award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo Mary Steen (1856–1939), pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty Rudolph Striegler (1816–1876), pioneering portrait photography Heinrich Tønnies (1825–1903), early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes Sigvart Werner (1872–1959), amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916 Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), took photographs of Native Americans in Idaho Politicians Frank Aaen (born 1951), politician (Enhedslisten) Yildiz Akdogan, politician (Social Democrats) Ragnhild Andersen (1907–1990), politician