Danish literature  

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Danish literature is, for the purposes of this article, the subset of Scandinavian literature composed in Denmark or by Danish people. Its history stretches from the Middle Ages into modern times and includes authors such as Saxo Grammaticus, Hans Christian Andersen and Karen Blixen.

Writers

18th century

• Ludvig Holberg
• Hans Adolph Brorson
• Johan Herman Wessel
• Johannes Ewald
• Jens Baggesen

19th century

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Herman Bang
• Jens Peter Jacobsen
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Adam Oehlenschläger

20th century

• Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)
• Peter Høeg
• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen
• Svend Aage Madsen
• Martin Andersen Nexø
• Dan Turèll