Danish sexologist and therapist Carl-Mar Møller has died at the age of 72. His wife, Helle Møller, confirmed the death to DR.
DR reports that Møller was declared dead at the couple’s home in Nivå on Thursday. For several decades he was one of Denmark’s most recognizable media figures on sex and relationships.
His full name was Carl-Marenus Michael Eggert Møller. According to DR, he became widely known in the 1990s for provocative public statements about gender roles and genitalia, and he took part in the debate for many years afterward.
Ekstra Bladet reported that public records showed the death occurred on Thursday, August 13, and that his wife did not wish to comment. The outlet added that no cause of death has been made public. Sjællandske Nyheder also reported the death, citing Ekstra Bladet’s coverage.
Møller was trained as a pædagog and ran his own school in sexology, couples therapy and psychotherapy for 33 years. He described the school as his life’s work. Per DR, he treated soldiers and veterans with PTSD there, and he trained other sexologists.
He operated the school from a large farm near Kokkedal in North Zealand. DR notes that he also held disputed bachelor party events, where men were placed in boundary-testing situations while partly undressed. Ekstra Bladet has previously described how one such event went wrong when a car carrying men in a cage on the roof tipped over. No one was seriously injured.
The farm burned down in 2022, but Møller continued working as a therapist. In an interview with Ritzau around his 70th birthday, he said he intended to work as long as he was able. He added that each new client taught him something new.
Møller described himself as a feminist. DR notes that in 2016 he entered the gender debate with the claim that women’s conditions in society had worsened over the previous ten years. He argued that men were psychologically inferior to women and therefore sought to suppress them through religion, culture and finances.
He published 13 books on the body, children, relationships and therapy, and developed several board games. ALT.dk noted that he was known for television appearances including Big Brother and Zulu Djævleræs, as well as for running courses for men. BT, citing Ekstra Bladet, highlighted his bachelor party events at his North Zealand home.
