List of burials at Vestre Cemetery

This list of burials at Vestre Cemetery lists notable burials at Vestre Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark.

List

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Interment Lived Profession Ref
Carl Aller 1845–1926 publisher, founder of Aller Media Ref
Hans Niels Andersen 1852–1937 businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company Ref
Herman Bang 1857–1912 writer Ref
Anna Bloch 1868–1953 actress Ref
Vilhelm Buhl 1881–1954 political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister of Denmark Ref
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen 1863–1945 sculptor Ref
Alf Cock-Clausen 1886–1983 architect Ref
Tove Ditlevsen 1917–1976 writer Ref
Emmy Drachmann 1854–1928 writer
Edvard Eriksen 1876–1959 sculptor, most famous for the statue of the Little Mermaid Ref
Ludvig Fenger 1833–1905 architect Ref
Achton Friis 1871–1939 painter and writer Ref
Vilhelm Hammershøi 1864–1916 painter Ref
Fritz Hansen 1906–1960 furnituremaker, founder of Fritz Hansen Ref
Hans Christian Hansen 1906–1960 political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister Ref
Hans Hedtoft 1903–1955 political leader, Social Democrat Ref
Per Hækkerup 1915–1979 political leader, Social Democrat Ref
Robert Jacobsen 1912–1993 sculptor Ref
Arthur Jensen actor 1897–1981 Ref
Jacob Jensen 1926–2015 designer Ref
August Jerndorff 1846–1906 painter Ref
Thad Jones 1923–1986 jazz trumpeter Ref
Hack Kampmann 1856–1920 architect Ref
Viggo Kampmann 1910–1975 political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister Ref
Poul Kjærgaard 1912–1999 architect Ref
Jens Otto Krag 1914–1978 political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister Ref
Otto Mønsted 1838–1916 businessman Ref
Asta Nielsen 1881–1972 film actress Ref
Carl Nielsen 1865–1931 composer Tef
Kai Nielsen 1882–1924 sculptor Ref
Julius Petersen 1839–1910 mathematician Ref
Vilhelm Petersen 1839–1913 architect Ref
Louis Pio 1941–1894 politician Ref
Knud Rasmussen 1879–1933 polar explorer and anthropologist Ref
Carl Rohl-Smith 1848–1900 Danish-American sculptor Ref
Thomas Skat Rørdam 1832–1909 Bishop of Zealand Ref
Jóhann Sigurjónsson 1880–1919 playwright Ref
Thorvald Stauning 1873–1942 political leader, first Social Democrat Prime Minister Ref
Karl Kristian Steincke 1880–1963 politician Ref
Hermann Baagøe Storck 1839–1922 architect and heraldic artist Ref
Hjalmar Söderberg 1869–1941 Swedish author Ref
Ed Thigpen 1930–2010 jazz drummer Ref
Laurits Tuxen 1853–1927 sculptor, painter Ref
Einar Utzon-Frank 1888–1955 sculptor Ref
Liva Weel 1897–1952 singer, actress Ref
Carlo Wieth 1885–1943 actor Ref
Natalie Zahle 1827–1913 educator Ref
Kristian Zahrtmann 1843–1917 painter Ref