List of Danish women photographers

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This is a list of women photographers who were born in Denmark or whose works are closely associated with that country.

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* Pia Arke (1958–2007), Greenlandic visual and performance artist, writer and photographer

## B

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* Jette Bang (1914–1964), large collection of photographs of Greenland depicting the lifestyle of the Greenlandic Inuit
* Mari Bastashevski (born 1980), Russian-born Danish photographer, writer, and artist
* Sisse Brimberg (born 1948), staff photographer for National Geographic completing some 30 stories, now living in Scotland

## C

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* Helena Christensen (born 1968), fashion photographer contributing to Nylon, Marie Claire, and Elle
* Amalie Claussen (1859–1950), artistic photographer from Skagen

## E

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* Tina Enghoff (born 1957), photographer, video artist and writer

## F

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* Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), one of the first female photographers to practice in Denmark, an early user of dry plates and flash powder

## G

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* Marianne Grøndahl (1938–2012), documentary photographer working in the theatrical environment, also in advertising and portraiture

## H

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* Thora Hallager (1821–1884), one of Denmark's earliest female photographers, practicing daguerreotyping from around 1850
* Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), early professional photographer
* Charlotte Hanmann (born 1950), photographer, painter and graphic artist
* Julie Edel Hardenberg (born 1971), Greenland photographer and book illustrator
* Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951), early Danish photographer, studio in Ribe
* Johanne Hesbeck (1873–1927), portrait photographer in Holte, north of Copenhagen

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* Sophia Kalkau (born 1960), art photography, often categorized as performative photography, often related to her work as sculptor.
* Kirsten Klein (born 1945), landscape photographer on the island of Mors with a melancholic style achieved by using older techniques
* Astrid Kruse Jensen (born 1975), specialist in night photography

## J

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* Astrid Kruse Jensen (born 1975), specializing in night photography often with very long exposure times

## L

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* Julie Laurberg (1856–1925), portrait and court photographer in Copenhagen

## M

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* Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), court photographer, also worked in the theatre environment

## S

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* Mary Steen (1856–1939), Denmark's first female court photographer, opened a studio in 1884, encouraged women to take up photography

## T

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* Louise Thomsen (1823–1907), early photographer with a studio in Hellebæk

## W

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* Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), from 1916 produced postcards of women in scanty clothing, now considered an artistic contributor
* Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), opened a studio in Horsens in the 1880s before emigrating to the United States, where she photographed Native Americans

## See also

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* List of women photographers

## References

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