This is an evolving list of Danish nurses.

B

• Ellen Johanne Broe (1900–1994), nurse and nursing educator

C

• Louise Conring (1824–1891), first trained nurse in Denmark, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute
• Connie Kruckow (born 1953), nurse and union leader, headed the Danish Nurses' Organization from 2000 to 2009

F

• Ilia Fibiger (1817–1867), writer, nurse, Denmark's first professional nurse
• Thora Fiedler (1854–1941), nurse, prosthetist, inventor, nursing home principal

H

• Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941), nurse, deputy head of the Danish Nurses' Organization

J

• Victoria Jensen (1847–1930), deaconess, nursing supervisor, from 1914 head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute

M

• Charlotte Munck (1876–1932), nurse, trade unionist, important figure in the training of nurses

N

• Charlotte Norrie (1855–1940), nursing campaigner and women's rights activist

R

• Christiane Reimann (1888–1979), first Danish nursing graduate, secretary of the International Council of Nurses

S

• Merry Elisabeth Scheel (1929–2007), nursing theorist, writer
• Kirsten Stallknecht (1937–2021), nurse, president of the International Council of Nurses
• Henny Tscherning (1853–1932), nurse and trade unionist, headed the Danish Nurses Organization from 1899 to 1927

Z

• Sophie Zahrtmann (1841–1925), deaconess, nurse, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute