Famous People from Denmark — Obituaries

Peter Straarup dead at age 74, CEO of Danske Bank

2026. He was a Danish banking executive and chief executive officer of Danske Bank. Further details about his death were not immediately available · 29 May 2026 · May 2026 · May 29

May 29, 2026

Bjørn Tidmand dead at age 86, Danish singer

a Danish singer, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Copenhagen on January 24, 1940, he began his career in 1959 after singing as a child in the Copenhagen Boys Choir and performing in local… · 26 May 2026 · Aquarius · May 2026

May 26, 2026

Jens Kampmann dead at age 89, MP, minister of public works and pollution control

the Danish politician and former minister, died on May 23, 2026. He was 89. Kampmann served as a member of the Folketing from 1966 to 1978 and held office as minister of public works and pollution control from 1971 to… · 23 May 2026 · May 2026 · Aries

May 23, 2026

Ole Wøhlers Olsen dead at age 84, Danish diplomat

a Danish diplomat, died on May 21, 2026. Born on January 1, 1942, he was Denmark’s ambassador to Algeria. Olsen worked for Denmark’s Foreign Ministry from 1969 and served in Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, Chile and Peru. He was… · 21 May 2026 · Capricorn · May 2026

May 21, 2026

Ole Nydahl dead at age 85, Danish lama

the Danish lama known for providing Mahamudra teachings in the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, died on May 18, 2026, at age 85. Born in Copenhagen on March 19, 1941, he began touring the world in the early 1970s… · 18 May 2026 · May 2026 · Pisces

May 18, 2026

Timmy dead, public figure

a humpback whale also known as Hope, died on May 14, 2026, when his body was discovered near the Danish island of Anholt. He had strayed into the Baltic Sea in March 2026 and was stranded several times along the… · Germany · 14 May 2026 · May 2026 · Unknown

May 14, 2026

Helge Mortensen Danish politician, minister of transport, member of the Folketing dead at age 84

2026. He was a Danish politician who served as minister of transport from 1993 to 1994 and as a member of the Folketing from 1984 to 2005. His career in the Folketing and his period in ministerial office marked his… · 28 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 28

April 28, 2026

Heidi Sørensen Danish-Norwegian politician, MP, cancer dead at age 56

2026, of cancer. She was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as a member of parliament from 2001 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2013 · 25 April 2026 · April 2026 · April 25

April 25, 2026

Jesper Thilo Danish jazz saxophonist dead at age 84

a Danish jazz saxophonist, died on April 25, 2026, at the age of 84. He was known mainly as a tenor saxophonist, alto saxophonist and clarinetist, and was regarded as one of the leading European straight-ahead jazz musicians of the… · 25 April 2026 · April 2026

April 25, 2026

Krause performing in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Atlanta Opera in 2024

Rainelle Krause American soprano dead at age 37

an American soprano and opera singer, died on March 16, 2026, at age 38 in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana and earned both a Bachelor of Music and… · Netherlands · Denmark · England · 16 March 2026 · March 2026

March 16, 2026

Birte Weiss Journalist dead at age 84

a Danish journalist and politician, died on March 14, 2026. Born on May 1, 1941, she worked as a journalist for Weekendavisen and began her career with Demokraten and later Information. Trained in the social democrat press from 1960 to… · 14 March 2026 · March 2026

March 14, 2026

the German footballer and manager best known for coaching the Denmark national team, died on February 19, 2026. Born Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek on March 5, 1940, in Breslau, he played as a full-back for Werder Bremen between 1963 and… · 19 February 2026 · February 2026

February 19, 2026