User:Necrothesp/List of historical characters depicted on film and television/Denmark
| Actor | Film/TV show | Year | Country | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalty | |||||
| Kings of Denmark | |||||
| Sweyn Forkbeard | |||||
| Ernest Graves | NET Playhouse, #4.24 "The Ceremony of Innocence" | 1970 | USA | TV film | An adaptation of the play by Ronald Ribman. |
| Sweyn II Estridsson | |||||
| Alan Dobie | Theatre 625, #4.5–6 "Conquest" | 1966 | UK | TV miniseries | |
| Peter Williams | Hereward the Wake | 1965 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the novel Hereward by Charles Kingsley. |
| Richard Dennis | Churchill's People, #5 "The Saxon Dusk" | 1975 | UK | TV film | An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill. |
| Frederick VII | |||||
| Lars Lohmann | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Christian IX | |||||
| Anthony Douse | Edward the Seventh | 1975 | UK | TV series | |
| Henrik Prip | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Queens Consort of Denmark | |||||
| Louise of Hesse-Kassel (Christian IX) | |||||
| Kathleen Byron | Edward the Seventh | 1975 | UK | TV series | |
| Royal children | |||||
| Gunhilde (Harald Bluetooth) | |||||
| Gilmer McCormick | NET Playhouse, #4.24 "The Ceremony of Innocence" | 1970 | USA | TV film | As Princess Thulja. An adaptation of the play by Ronald Ribman. |
| Princess Christina (Christian II) | |||||
| Sonya Cassidy | The Tudors | 2009 | UK/USA | TV series | |
| Princess Thyra (Christian IX) | |||||
| Alison Crook | Edward the Seventh | 1975 | UK | TV series | As a girl. |
| Politics and government | |||||
| Prime Ministers of Denmark | |||||
| Carl Christian Hall | |||||
| Olaf Johannessen | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Ditlev Gothard Monrad | |||||
| Nicolas Bro | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Inspectors and Governors of Greenland | |||||
| Jens Daugaard-Jensen | |||||
| Bibs Ekkel | The Last Place on Earth | 1985 | UK | TV series | An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. |
| Military | |||||
| Generals | |||||
| Georg Gerlach | |||||
| Kristian Halken | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Christian de Meza | |||||
| Søren Sætter-Lassen | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Max Müller | |||||
| Rasmus Bjerg | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Glode du Plat | |||||
| Jens Jørn Spottag | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Other army officers | |||||
| Wilhelm Dinesen | |||||
| Johannes Lassen | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| E. A. Lundbye | |||||
| Søren Pilmark | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Literature and thought | |||||
| Writers | |||||
| Hans Christian Andersen | |||||
| Murray Melvin | Stories from a Flying Trunk | 1979 | UK | Film | An adaptation of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. |
| Stig Hoffmeyer | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Karen Blixen | |||||
| Meryl Streep | Out of Africa | 1985 | USA | Film | Won the David for Best Foreign Actress. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Sant Jordi for Best Foreign Actress. An adaptation of the autobiography by Karen Blixen. |
| Art and classical music | |||||
| Painters | |||||
| Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe | |||||
| Eddie Redmayne | The Danish Girl | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by David Ebershoff. Nominated for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. |
| Gerda Wegener | |||||
| Alicia Vikander | The Danish Girl | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the novel by David Ebershoff. Won the Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Empire Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. |
| Entertainment | |||||
| Actors | |||||
| Johanne Luise Heiberg | |||||
| Sidse Babett Knudsen | 1864 | 2014 | Denmark | TV series | |
| Sport and leisure | |||||
| Mountaineers | |||||
| Lene Gammelgaard | |||||
| Charlotte Bøving | Everest | 2015 | UK/USA | Film | An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers. |