Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Scandi-hoovians You Might Know
Famous Danes
Hans Christian Andersen, writer of
The Ugly Duckling
,
The Little Mer-
maid
, etc.
Søren Kierkegaard, proto-existentialist philosopher
Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor
Karen Blixen, who wrote
Out of Africa
under pen name Isak Dinesen
Niels Bohr, physicist who described the atom as a tiny planetary system
Victor Borge, classical-music comedian
Arne Jacobsen, architect
Lars Ulrich, drummer for rock band Metallica
Brigitte Nielsen and Viggo Mortensen (half Danish), movie actors
Carl Nielsen, composer
Lars von Trier, movie director
Morten Andersen, NFL placekicker and all-time leading scorer
Famous Norwegians
Eric the Red, first European settler in Greenland and father of Icelander
Leif Eriksson, the Viking who discovered America
Edvard Grieg, Romantic composer
Edvard Munch,
The Scream
painter
Henrik Ibsen, playwright
Roald Amundsen, Antarctic explorer
Gustav Vigeland, sculptor
Sonja Henie, figure skater and movie actress
Thor Heyerdahl, explorer of
Kon
-
Tiki
fame
Jan Stenerud, NFL placekicker
Liv Ullmann, movie actress and director
