(1980–), interdisciplinary artist Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), sculptor Jytte Rex (1942–), painter, writer, filmmaker Jørgen Ringnis (?–1652), woodcarver Elof Risebye (1892–1961), painter, church decorator Martinus Rørbye (1803–1848), painter Arild Rosenkrantz (1870–1964), painter, stained glass artist, sculptor and illustrator William Scharff (1886–1959), painter Abel Schrøder the Younger (1602–1676), woodcarver Hans Smidth (1839–1917), painter Povl Søndergaard (1905–1986), sculptor Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith Jakob Martin Strid (1972–), cartoonist Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator Christine Swane (1876–1960), painter Sigurd Swane (1879–1973), painter Anna Syberg (1870–1914), painter Fritz Syberg (1862–1939), painter and illustrator Carl Frederik Sørensen (1818–1879) Carl Thomsen (1847–1912), painter and illustrator Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), sculptor Jette Thyssen (born 1933), textile artist Elisabeth Toubro (1956–), sculptor Kurt Trampedach, painter Paula Trock (1889–1979), weaver, textile artist Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer Gunnar Westman (1915–1985), sculptor Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997), sculptor and painter Johannes Wiedewelt (1731–1802), sculptor Christian Zacho (1843–1913), painter Business people Birgit Aagard-Svendsen (1956–), CFO of J. Lauritzen Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), founder of the East Asiatic Company Dagmar Andreasen (1920–2006), ran the Rynkeby juice factory deom 1953 to 1986 Irene Benneweis (1891–1970), circus director Lilly Brændgaard (1918–2009), fashion designer specializing in wedding dresses Constantin Brun (1746–1836), merchant, royal administrator of trade on the Danish West Indies Elsebeth Budolfsen (1947–), pharmacist and business executive Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), inventor of Lego Johan Frederik Classen (1725–1792), statesman and industrialist, founder of Frederiksværk Peter Hersleb Classen (1738–1825), statesman and financial administrator Mads Clausen, founder of Danfoss Industries Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe (1776–1843), founder of the Holmegaard Glass Factory Janus Friis, Skype, Kazaa, Joost and minor companies Ole Henriksen (1951–), cosmetologist for Hollywood stars Søren Hjorth (1801–1870), inventor Henning Holck-Larsen and Søren Kristian Toubro, founders of Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro J. C. Jacobsen (1811–1887), founder of Carlsberg Brewing Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (1957–), owner of the ECCO shoe company William S. Knudsen, industrialist; president, General Motors in the US Camilla Ley Valentin (1973–), entrepreneur and co-founder of Queue-it Martin Lindstrom (1970–), marketing advisor Arnold Peter Møller (1876–1965), founder of A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, the largest Danish company Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), shipping magnate Nikoline Nielsen (1874–1951), brewer Inger Marie Plum (1889–1965), early businesswoman in butter and canned meat production Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878–1964) Kevin Bendix (1968–) temporary urban culture developer Tine Susanne Miksch Roed (1964–), deputy director-general, Confederation of Danish Industry Frida Schou (1891–1980), early businesswoman and brick