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Also Known As Olaf Cuaran • Olaf the Red • Anlaf Sihtricson
Died 980? • Ireland
Olaf Guthfrithson
king of Northumbria and Dublin
Halfdan
Danish Viking leader
Olaf Poulsen
Danish actor
Ib Spang Olsen
Danish author
Emil Poulsen
Danish actor
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher
Neils Bohr
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe
Danish astronomer
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark
Christian IV
Christian IV
king of Denmark and Norway
Margaret I
Margaret I
queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
King Frederik of Denmark
Frederik X
king of Denmark
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
Janus Friis
Danish entrepreneur
Olafur Eliasson: The New York City Waterfalls
Olafur Eliasson
Danish artist
Andersen, Hans Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author
Danh Vo
Vietnamese-born artist
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Lars von Trier
Danish filmmaker
Lucile Grahn in La Cracovienne, lithograph by Pierre-Emile Desmaisons, 1844
Lucile Grahn
Danish choreographer

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