Helle Genie Virkner (15 September 1925 – 10 June 2009) was a Danish actress, author and first lady (1962–68, 1971–72).

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Born to Morris Lotinga and his wife, Ellen Larsine (née Rasmussen). Virkner was married three times. First to actor William Rosenberg (1920-2014), then to actor Ebbe Rode (1910-1998). Her third marriage was to Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, with whom she had two children. Her daughter Astrid Helene 'Søsser' Krag, a journalist and former model, died on 5 July 2014, 51 years old. Helle and Søsser lived together in Charlottenlund in the last years of Helle's life.