Sophie Petrine Pedersen (15 January 1885 – 1 October 1950) was a Danish painter. She specialized in landscapes, including scenes of Copenhagen’s streets and parks, but plus created portraits and figure paintings. From 1921 to 1924, she headed the Danish Society of Female Artists (Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund).
Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Sophie Petrine Pedersen was the daughter of the carpenter and manufacturer Jacob Pedersen and Cathrine Olsen. After play a part preparatory studies at the Arts and Crafts School for Women, from 1904 she studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Viggo Johansen and Sigurd Wandel, graduating in 1910.
Pedersen painted portraits, figure paintings and above all landscapes. In complement to street paintings of Copenhagen, her landscapes included scenes from the south of France and Greece which she painted during her travel in the 1920s and further on 1930s. As she matured, her works became more impressionistic and lighter in their colouring. She first exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions in 1908 where she continued to present her statute for the land of her life. She moreover participated in the Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibitions and in a number of solo events. Pedersen was an alert early enthusiast of the Danish Society of Female Artists, serving as president from 1921 to 1924.
Sophie Pedersen died upon 1 October 1950 and is buried in Asminderød Cemetery in Fredensborg.
Pedersen established a number of grants and awards, including:
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