No, I'm serious. He his written critical books on human rights, democracy, Danish culture in the Modern Age, theology, and so forth. I am not his greatest admirer, but I do suggest that you at least take a look at his bibliography and then tell me that you aren't a bit intrigued.
And why wouldn't he be considered an intellectual? I think what you are really looking for is a non-nationalist who can justify Nationalist ideas. No professor or writer, no matter how often cited, is a god, and looking for even the slightest hints of ideological common ground in the works of, say, Friedman is like a search for mooses on Funen, if you know what I mean.
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H. J. Massingham? I haven't read anything by him, but it seems like your kind of thing.