1939 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1939 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 29 November – Erling Dahl-Iversen gives the last lecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Surgery on Bredgade in Copenhagen.[2]
Sport
Badminton
- 12 March – Tage Madsen wins gold in Men's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.
Cycling
- Karel Kaers (BEL) and Omer De Bruycker (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
- 5 March – Næstved Boldklub is founded.
- B 93 wins their seventh Danish football championship by winning the 1938–39 Danish Championship League.
Births
January–March
- 17 January – Niels Helveg Petersen, politician (died 2017)
- 22 January – Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
- 1 February – Dario Campeotto, performer (died 2023)
- 12 February – Gerd Grubb, mathematician
- 27 March – Per Golst, film director and producer (died 2025)
April–June
- 7 April – Per Pinstrup-Andersen, economist
July–September
- 13 July – John Danielsen, Danish football midfielder
- 5 August – Flemming Topsøe, mathematician
- 3 September – Vivi Bach, actress and model (died 2013)
October–December
- 2 November – Svend Åge Madsen, novelist
- 8 November – Henning Christophersen, politician and EU commissioner (died 2016)
- 15 November – Erik Hansen, canoeist (died 2014)
Deaths
January–March
- 10 January – Dagmar Orlamundt, actress (born 1863)
- 14 January – Prince Valdemar of Denmark (born 1858)
- 12 February – S. P. L. Sørensen, chemist (born 1868)
- 26 March – Peter Hertz, art historian (born 1874)
April–June
- 7 April – Mary Steen, photographer (born 1856)
- 24 April – Harald Scavenius, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920–22 (born 1873)
- 4 June – Carl Cohn Haste, blind pianist, organist and composer, music teacher at the Royal Blind Institute, first president of the Danish Association of the Blind (born 1874)
July–September
- 3 August – August Enna, composer (born 1859)[3]
- 4 August – Aage Giødesen, painter (born 1863)
October–December
- 4 October – Jens Lind, apothecary, botanist and mycologist (born 1874)
- 16 October – Ludolf Nielsen, composer, violinist, conductor and pianist (born 1876)[4]
- 20 December – Fritz Syberg, artist and illustrator (born 1862)
References
- ^ "Christian X: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Sidste dag på Kirurgisk Akademi". Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (in Danish). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "PROF. AUGUST ENNA, DANISH COMPOSER, 80; Rose From Shoemaker to Write Operas and Ballets". New York Times. 4 August 1939. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Paul Griffiths (2004). The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin Adult. ISBN 9780141009247.