26 Notable alumni of
Roskilde University

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Roskilde University is 1336th in the world, 456th in Europe, and 7th in Denmark by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 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.

  1. Robert Habeck

    Robert Habeck
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1969-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    writerpoliticianscreenwriterinternational forum participantenvironmentalist
    Biography

    Robert Habeck is a German Green politician and writer who has been serving 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 since 2021. From 2018 to 2022, he also served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Annalena Baerbock. For the 2021 German federal election, he was a member of the leading duo, alongside Baerbock, who ran for chancellor of Germany.

  2. Jeppe Kofod

    Jeppe Kofod
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politicianinternational forum participantconsultant
    Biography

    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.

  3. Trine Bramsen

    Trine Bramsen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1981-.. (age 43)
    Enrolled in Roskilde University
    Studied in 2001-2007
    Occupations
    politiciansociologist
    Biography

    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.

  4. Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen

    Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politicianwomen's rights activist
    Biography

    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.

  5. Galatea Bellugi

    Galatea Bellugi
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1997-.. (age 27)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Galatea Bellugi is a French actress.

  6. Joy Mogensen

    Joy Mogensen
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1980-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joy Mogensen is a notable Danish social democratic politician who served as Minister of Culture and Church from 2019 to 2021.

  7. Martin Lidegaard

    Martin Lidegaard
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
    Biography

    Martin Lidegaard is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was Denmark's 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.

  8. Simon Emil Ammitzbøll

    Simon Emil Ammitzbøll
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  9. Kuupik Kleist

    Kuupik Kleist
    Years
    1958-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth 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.

  10. Henrik Sass Larsen

    Henrik Sass Larsen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianbusinessperson
    Biography

    Henrik Sass Larsen is a Danish politician. He is a former member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He sat in parliament from 2000 to 2019. He was the Danish Minister of Business Affairs and Growth from 2013 to 2015.

  11. Christine Antorini

    Christine Antorini
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1965-.. (age 59)
    Enrolled in Roskilde University
    Studied in 1989-1994
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  12. Janus Metz Pedersen

    Janus Metz Pedersen
    Years
    1974-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    documentarianfilm directorscreenwriterdirector
    Biography

    Janus Metz Pedersen is a Danish film director and documentary filmmaker.

  13. Jacob Mark

    Jacob Mark
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1991-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  14. Kaare Dybvad Bek

    Kaare Dybvad Bek
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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 2022.

  15. Rina Ronja Kari

    Rina Ronja Kari
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1985-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  16. Mette Abildgaard

    Mette Abildgaard
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1988-.. (age 36)
    Enrolled in Roskilde University
    Studied in 2007-2013
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Mette Abildgaard Juulsager is a Danish politician who is a member of the Folketing and the group chairman of the Conservative People's Party. She was elected to Parliament at the 2015 general election.

  17. Høgni Hoydal

    Høgni Hoydal
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1966-.. (age 58)
    Enrolled in Roskilde University
    1988-1994 graduated with Cand.comm.
    Occupations
    journalistwriterpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  18. Lars Aagaard

    Lars Aagaard
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1967-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    chief executive officer
    Biography

    Lars Aagaard Møller is a Danish politician of the Moderates. He serves as Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities from December 2022.

  19. Christian Jungersen

    Christian Jungersen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1962-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    novelistwriter
    Biography

    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).

  20. Kirsten Brosbøl

    Kirsten Brosbøl
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1977-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  21. Emilie Turunen

    Emilie Turunen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1984-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  22. Lone Simonsen

    Lone Simonsen
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1959-.. (age 65)
    Enrolled in Roskilde University
    In 1986 graduated with Master of Science
    Occupations
    epidemiologist
    Biography

    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.

  23. Marianne Vind

    Marianne Vind
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1970-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    politiciantrade unionist
    Biography

    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.

  24. Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen

    Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    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.

  25. Boris Benjamin Bertram

    Boris Benjamin Bertram
    Years
    1971-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    film directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Boris Benjamin Bertram is a Danish film director, keynote speaker, producer and partner in Good Company Pictures, a documentary production company based in Copenhagen.

  26. Leif Bjørnø

    Leif Bjørnø
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1937-2015 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    acoustician
    Biography

    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 of the Acoustical Society of America, a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.