25 Notable alumni of Roskilde University
Updated: May 28, 2026 EliteDegrees
Roskilde University is ranked #980 in the world and #7 in Denmark by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 25 notable alumni from Roskilde University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Roskilde University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Emilie Turunen
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Emilie Turunen is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She was elected to represent the Danish constituency in the 2009 European election as a member of the Socialistisk Folkeparti and the European Green Party. She later switched party affiliation to the Social Democrats and the Party of European Socialists.
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2. Marianne Vind
1970-. (aged 56)
trade unionist
politician
Marianne Vind is a Danish trade unionist politician who since June 2019 has been a member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, when she replaced Jeppe Kofod. She is a member of the Committee of Employment and Social Affairs as well as the Committee of Transport and Tourism.
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3. Lone Simonsen
1959-. (aged 67)
epidemiologist
Lone Simonsen is a Danish epidemiologist and professor of population health sciences. Since the beginning of 2020, she has been the director of PandemiX, an interdisciplinary pandemic research center at Roskilde University. In 2023 PandemiX was established as a Center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.
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4. Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen
mathematician
Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen is a Danish mathematician who works in the Department of Science, Systems and Models (IMFUFA) at Roskilde University, and in the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include the philosophy of mathematics, history of mathematics, and mathematics education.
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5. Boris Benjamin Bertram
1971-. (aged 55)
cinematographer
film director
Boris Benjamin Bertram is a Danish film director, keynote speaker, producer and partner in Good Company Pictures, a documentary production company based in Copenhagen.
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6. Leif Bjørnø
1937-2015 (aged 78)
acoustician
Leif Bjørnø was born on 30 March 1937 in Svendborg, Denmark. Son of Svend Aage Valdemar and Elna Marie Jensen. Leif Bjørnø, professor and well known acoustician. Named Knight of the Order of Dannebrog, Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark 1991, recipient Gold medal Society Francaise d'Acoustique, 1995, Lord Rayleigh's Gold medal, London, 1997, The Hartmann Prize, Copenhagen, 1999, Fellow...
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7. Rina Ronja Kari
1985-. (aged 41)
politician
Rina Ronja Kari is a Danish politician and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Denmark. She is a member of the People's Movement against the EU, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left.
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8. Lars Aagaard
1967-. (aged 59)
chief executive officer
Minister of Energy
Utilities
and Climate
Lars Aagaard Møller is a Danish politician with the Moderates. He has been serving as Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities since December 2022.
9. Mette Abildgaard
1988-. (aged 38)
politician
Mette Abildgaard Juulsager is a Danish politician and member of the Conservative People's Party. She has been a member of the Folketing in North Zealand greater constituency since 2015. She was chairwoman of the parliamentary group of the Conservative Party during the third cabinet of Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
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10. Høgni Hoydal
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
writer
journalist
Høgni Karsten Hoydal, commonly called Høgni Hoydal, is a Faroese politician. He currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has been the party leader of Tjóðveldi since 1998.
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11. Christian Jungersen
1962-. (aged 64)
writer
novelist
Christian Jungersen is a Danish novelist whose works have been translated into 20 languages. He has published three novels in Danish – Krat, Undtagelsen (2004, published in English as The Exception in 2006), and Du Forsvinder (2012, published as You Disappear in 2014).
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12. Kirsten Brosbøl
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Kirsten Brosbøl is a Danish politician. She represented the Social Democrats in the Folketing from 2005 to 2019, and served as Minister for the Environment from 2014 to 2015.
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13. Kaare Dybvad Bek
1984-. (aged 42)
politician
Kaare Dybvad Bek is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election. He has been the Minister for Immigration and Integration since 2022, the Minister for Building and Housing from 2019 to 2022 and Minister of the Interior from 2021 to...
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14. Christine Antorini
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Christine Edda Antorini is a Danish politician for the Social Democrats, formerly for the Socialist People's Party. From 2011 to 2015 she was the Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She was a member of the Folketing from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2018.
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15. Janus Metz Pedersen
1974-. (aged 52)
screenwriter
film director
documentarian
director
Janus Metz Pedersen is a Danish film and television director. He is known for directing the films Armadillo (2010), Borg vs McEnroe (2017), and All the Old Knives (2022), as well as episodes of the miniseries ZeroZeroZero (2020) and the series Andor (2025).
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16. Robert Habeck
1969-. (aged 57)
screenwriter
writer
translator
philosopher
environmentalist
Robert Habeck is a German writer and former politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) who served as Vice Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and as a Member of the German Bundestag for Flensburg – Schleswig from 2021 to 2025. From 2018 to 2022, he also served as co-leader of...
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17. Jeppe Kofod
1974-. (aged 52)
consultant
politician
Jeppe Sebastian Kofod is a former Danish politician of the Social Democratic Party who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark between 27 June 2019 to 15 December 2022.
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18. Galatea Bellugi
1997-. (aged 29)
actor
Galatea Bellugi is a French actress.
19. Trine Bramsen
1981-. (aged 45)
sociologist
politician
Trine Bramsen is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats, who has been a member of the Folketing since 2011. She served as minister of transport from February to December 2022 and minister of defence from 2019 until February 2022.
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20. Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen
1984-. (aged 42)
women's rights activist
politician
Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen is a former member of the Danish parliament for the Red-Green Alliance. Schmidt-Nielsen has been referred to as the "new queen of the Red-Green Alliance" by parts of the press. She now serves as secretary general for Save the Children.
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21. Martin Lidegaard
1966-. (aged 60)
director of communications
politician
Martin Lidegaard is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was the foreign minister in the government of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2014 to 2015, having previously been the minister of climate, energy and building from 2011 to 2014.
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22. Simon Emil Ammitzbøll
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille is a former Danish politician, and a former independent member of the Parliament of Denmark. He is former Minister of Economy and Interior.
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23. Joy Mogensen
1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Joy Mogensen is a notable Danish social democratic politician who served as Minister of Culture and Church from 2019 to 2021.
24. Kuupik Kleist
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Greenlandic politician who served as the prime minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, he was the first prime minister not affiliated with Siumut.
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25. Jacob Mark
1991-. (aged 35)
politician
Jacob Rene Mark is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2015 Danish general election.
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