Vestre Cemetery - Internents

Internents

Among the notables interred at the cemetery are political and business leaders, philosophers, artists, and musicians:

• Carl Aller (1845–1926), publisher, founder of Aller Media
• Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company
• Herman Bang (1857–1912), writer
• Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954), political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister of Denmark
• Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), sculptor
• Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), sculptor, most famous for the statue of the Little Mermaid
• Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), painter
• Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960), political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister
• Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955), political leader, Social Democrat
• Per Hækkerup (1915–1979), political leader, Social Democrat
• August Jerndorff (1946–1906), painter
• Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter
• Viggo Kampmann (1910–1975), political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister
• Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), film actress
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), composer
• Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), political leader, Social Democrat Prime Minister
• Julius Petersen (1839–1910), mathematician
• Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), polar explorer and anthropologist
• Carl Rohl-Smith (1848-1900), Danish-American sculptor
• Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942), political leader, first Social Democrat Prime Minister
• Hermann Baagøe Storck (1839–1922), architect and heraldic artist
• Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), Swedish author
• Laurits Tuxen (1853–1927), sculptor, painter
• Liva Weel (1897–1952), singer, actress
• Kristian Zahrtmann (1843–1917), painter