Nobel Prize winners
from Denmark.

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Recognized “for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection”.

• 1975Physics

Born in Næstved, Denmark. Recognized “for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors”.

• 1908Peace

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Recognized “for his discovery of vitamin K”.

• 1943Medicine

Born in Fredericia, Denmark. Recognized “for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark”.

• 1917Literature

Born in Lemvig, Denmark. Recognized “for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase”.

• 1997Chemistry

Born in Silkeborg, Denmark. Recognized “for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma”.

• 1926Medicine

Born in Farsø, Denmark. Recognized “for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style”.

• 1944Literature

Born in Roholte, Denmark. Recognized “for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals”.

• 1917Literature

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Recognized “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.

• 2022Chemistry

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Recognized “for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them”.

• 1922Physics

Born in Grenå, Denmark. Recognized “for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism”.

• 1920Medicine

Born in Kalundborg, Denmark. Recognized “principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages”.

• 1928Literature