17 Notable alumni of
Aalborg University
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Aalborg University is 2218th in the world, 715th in Europe, and 10th in Denmark by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Aalborg University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mette Frederiksen
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Mette Frederiksen is a Danish politician who has served as prime minister of Denmark since June 2019, and leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime minister in Danish history, the first to be born after Margrethe II's accession to the throne, and the first to serve under Frederik X.
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Kristian Thulesen Dahl
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kristian Thulesen Dahl is a Danish director and former politician who served as Leader of the Danish People's Party (DPP) from 2012 to 2022. He was a Member of the Folketing (MF) from September 1994 until July 2022, first representing Fremskridtspartiet until 6 October 1995 and then the DPP from that date until 29 June 2022, when he became an independent.
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Frank Jensen
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- Studied in 1980-1986
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Frank Jensen is a former Danish politician of the Danish Social Democrats who served as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen between 2010 and 2020. He was Minister for Research from 1994 to 1996 and Minister of Justice from 1996 to 2001 under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
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Karsten Lauritzen
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- In 2014 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karsten Styrbæk Lauritzen is a former Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He was first elected into parliament in the 2007 Danish general election and left the parliament on the 31 January 2022. He served as Minister of Taxation from 2015 to 2019.
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Morten Bødskov
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Morten Bødskov is a Danish Social Democratic politician, and member of the Folketing, currently serving as the Minister for Business since 2022. He previously served as Minister of Defence from February to December 2022 and Minister for Taxation under Frederiksen and Minister of Justice in the Government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt.
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Christian Geo Heltboe
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- Studied English and Danish
- Occupations
- stand-up comedianscreenwritercomedianactor
- Biography
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Christian Geo Heltboe is a Danish comedian. He is best known under his middle name Geo.
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Rasmus Prehn
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rasmus Prehn is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing since the 2005 Danish general election. He served as Minister for Development Cooperation from 2019 to 2020, and as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 2020 to 2022.
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Jens Henrik Thulesen Dahl
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- Studied in 1985
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jens Henrik Winther Thulesen Dahl is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Denmark Democrats, and former member of the Danish People's Party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election.
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Frank Aaen
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Frank Aaen is a Danish economist and Member of Parliament (the Folketing) for Enhedslisten. On 15 March 2006, he suffered a thrombosis but was back in the Folketing by April.
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Frede Blaabjerg
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- In 1995 graduated with Danish PhD
- Occupations
- university teachermechanical engineerscientist
- Biography
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Frede Blaabjerg is a Danish professor at Aalborg University. At Aalborg, he works in the section of Power Electronic Systems of the department of Energy Technology. Blaabjerg's research concerns the applications of power electronics, including adjustable-speed drives, microgrids, photovoltaic systems, and wind turbines. By the number of citations, he is the most cited author of several IEEE journals: IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics.
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Per Clausen
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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Per Clausen is a Danish politician from the Red-Green Alliance. Since 2013, he has served on the Aalborg Municipal council in Aalborg Municipality, where, in 2022, he became a deputy mayor for climate and energy.
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Per Michael Johansen
- Occupations
- engineerphysicist
- Biography
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Per Michael Johansen is a Danish engineer and physicist and the current rector of Aalborg University (AAU).
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Birkir Hólm Guðnason
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 50)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Birkir Hólm Guðnason was the CEO of Icelandair, the flag carrier airline in Iceland, from 2008–2017.
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Lars Arendt-Nielsen
- Occupations
- university teacherneurophysiologistscientist
- Biography
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Lars Arendt-Nielsen is a professor at Aalborg University specialising in translational pain research and bio-markers. Lars Arendt-Nielsen's research is highly recognised internationally, and in addition to his university work he has established several businesses.
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Mads Græsbøll Christensen
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- 1997-2002 graduated with Master of Science
- 2002-2005 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Mads Græsbøll Christensen is a Danish Professor in Audio Processing at Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology, Aalborg University, where he is also head and founder of the Audio Analysis Lab which conducts research in audio and acoustic signal processing. Before that he worked at the Department of Electronic Systems at Aalborg University and has held visiting positions at Philips Research Labs, ENST, UCSB, and Columbia University. He has published extensively on these topics in books, scientific journals and conference proceedings, and he has given tutorials and keynote talks at major international scientific conferences.
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John Rasmussen
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Enrolled in Aalborg University
- 1981-1986 graduated with Master of Science
- 1986-1989 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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John Rasmussen is a professor of biomechanics at Aalborg University. His research is aimed both at solid mechanics, biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sports engineering.
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Brian Vohnsen
- Born in
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Denmark - Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Brian Vohnsen is an Associate Professor of Physics at UCD in Dublin, Ireland specializing in optics. He is head of the Advanced Optical Imaging Group which he founded in 2008. He has received recognition for his ability to connect the field of biomedical optics and nano-optics. In 2021 he became a fellow of Optica for significant contributions to vision science, including photoreceptor optics and high resolution retinal imaging.