1951 in Denmark
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| See also: | Other events of 1951 List of years in Denmark | ||||
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – Erik Eriksen
Events
- 23 January – The hospital ship MS Jutlandia departs from Copenhagen, bound for Jorea.
Sports
Badminton
- 7–11 March – All England Badminton Championships
- Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.
- Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles
- Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles
Date unknown
- Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) and Oscar Plattner (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
January–March
- 1 March – Birger Jensen, footballer
- 7 March – Ulla Henningsen, actress
April–June
- 13 April – Finn Tarp, economist
- 4 May – Ole Henriksen, cosmetician and manufactur of skin care products
- 12 May – Jacob Groth, film score composer
July–September
- 25 July – Frank Aaen, politician
October–December
- 7 November – Anne Grethe Jensen, equestrian
- 14 November – Ingeborg Maria Sick, writher and philanthropist (died 1858)
- 17 November – Czeslaw Kozon, prelate of the Catholic Church
Deaths
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January–March
- 22 January – Harald Bohr, mathematician (born 1887)
April–June
- 6 April – Marie-Sophie Nielsen, communist leader and founding member of the Danish Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party of Denmark (born 1875)
- 14 May – Kristian Hansen Kofoed, politician (born 1879)
- 26 June – Gerda Henning, designer (died 1891)
- 28 June – Thora Daugaard, women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator (born 1874)[2]
July–September
- 19 August – Christian Geisler, organist and composer (born 1869)
- 23 September – Erik Arup, historian (born 1876)
October–December
- 13 December – Birgitte Berg Nielsen, educator and activist (born 1861)
- 24 December – Bodil Hauschildt, photographer (born 1861)
References
- ↑ "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ↑ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Thora Daugaard". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 2 December 2019.