Editing Roskilde (section)

=== Politics ===
[[File:Knut Lavard.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|Knut Lavard]]
* [[Canute Lavard]] (1096–1131) Prince and first [[Duke of Schleswig]] 
* [[Absalon]] (1128–1291), Bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/absalon-ca-1128-1201/|title=Absalon (c. 1128–1201)|publisher=danmarkshistorien.dk|access-date=11 December 2014|language=da}}</ref>
* [[Carl Christian Vilhelm Liebe]] (1820–1900) politician, speaker of [[Landstinget (Denmark)|Landstinget]]
* [[Louis Pio]] (1841–1894), a co-founder of the organized worker's movement in Denmark<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Samfund,_jura_og_politik/Ideologi_og_livsanskuelse/Organisator/Louis_Pio|title=Louis Pio|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=12 December 2014|language=da}}</ref>
* [[Carl Theodor Zahle]] (1866–1946), 5th Danish Prime Minister and co-founder of the [[Danish Social Liberal Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://befaestningen.thm-online.dk/temaer/tema3/befaestningensblaabog/carltheodorzahle/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141212060105/http://befaestningen.thm-online.dk/temaer/tema3/befaestningensblaabog/carltheodorzahle/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2014|title=Carl Theodor Zahle, konseilspræsident|publisher=Københavns Befæstning|access-date=11 December 2014|language=da}}</ref>
* [[Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane]] (1973–2013) Danish citizen held in [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]]
* [[Michael Aastrup Jensen]] (born 1976) politician
* [[Zenia Stampe]] (born 1979) politician, elected to the ''Folketinget'' in 2011
* [[Joy Mogensen]] (born 1980) a Danish politician, Mayor of Roskilde Municipality 2011 to 2019, Minister of Culture and Church since 2019