List of Danish suffragists

This is a list of Danish suffragists who were born in Denmark or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country.

Suffragists

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  • Nanna Aakjær (1874–1962) – woodcarver, suffragist
  • Matilde Bajer (1840–1934) – women's rights activist, suffragist, pacifist
  • Jutta Bojsen-Møller (1837–1927) – women's rights activist, suffragist, educator
  • Esther Carstensen (1873–1955) – voting rights campaigner, women's rights activist, journal editor
  • Helen Clay Pedersen (1862–1950) – British-born Danish women's rights activist and suffragist
  • Thora Daugaard (1874–1951) – suffragist, women's rights activist, peace activist, editor
  • Charlotte Eilersgaard (1858–1922) – novelist, playwright, women's rights activist, suffragist
  • Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872) – feminist writer
  • Eline Hansen (1859–1919) – co-founder of Dansk Kvinderaad, later Danske Kvinders Nationalråd (DKN)
  • Meta Hansen (1865–1941) – active in Copenhagen's Women's Suffrage Association and the National Association for Women's Suffrage
  • Charlotte Klein (1834–1915) – women's rights activist and educator
  • Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen – textile artist, feminist, suffragist
  • Line Luplau (1823–1891) – co-founder and chairperson of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV
  • Elna Munch (1871–1945) – co-founder of the Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret (National Association for Women's Suffrage) or LKV
  • Johanne Münter (1844–1921) – writer, women's rights activist, suffragist
  • Nielsine Nielsen (1850–1916) – physician, suffragist, feminist, politician
  • Louise Nørlund (1854–1919) – co-founder and chairperson of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV
  • Charlotte Norrie (1855–1940) – nurse, feminist, suffragist, educator
  • Johanne Rambusch (1865–1944) – co-founder of the Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret (Country Association for Women's Suffrage) or LKV
  • Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921) – feminist, suffragist and journalist
  • Caroline Testman (1839–1919) – co-founder and chairman of the Dansk Kvindesamfund
  • Ingeborg Tolderlund (1848–1935) – women's rights advocate and suffragist active in Thisted
  • Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941) – feminist, suffragist, peace activist, educator

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