1954 in Denmark

Events from the year 1954 in Denmark.

• Monarch – Frederik IX^[1]
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft

• 2 March – The 1954 Danish local elections is held.

• Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

• 16 January – Morten P. Meldal, chemist
• 19 February – Hans Thybo, geophysicist
• 28 February – Henning Hyllested, politician
• 29 January – Niels Eje, music composer and oboist
• 31 January – Michael Melchior, rabbi
• 25 March – Bendt Bendtsen, politician

• 15 June
  • Dan Laustsen, cinematographer
  • Uffe Elbæk, politician
• 29 June – Helle Juul, architect

• 27 July – Rose Marie Tillisch, actress
• 12 September
  • Ole Sohn, politician and writer
  • Jakob Sølvhøj, politician
• 16 September – Dan Folke, composer (born 1906)

• 10 October – Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive
• 10 November – Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, sports shooter (d. 2025)
• 14 December – Ib Andersen, ballet dancer, choreographer, and painter.
• 26 December – Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1889)

• 31 January – Astrid Rosing Sawyer, businesswoman and translator (born 1874)
• 11 March – Cai Gundelach, equestrian (born 1891)

• 5 April – Øjvind Winge, biologist (born 1886)
• 1 June – Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (born 1869)

• 8 July – Sigurd Langberg, actor (born 1897)
• 27 July – Thorvald Ellegaard, cyclist (born 1877)
• 29 August – Thyra Manicus-Hansen, ceramist (born 1872)

• 6 October – Hakon Børresen, composer (born 1876)^[2]
• 8 October – Morten Korch, writer of populist stories and romances (born 1876)
• 10 October – Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive
• 11 November – Johannes Giersing, chess master (born 1872)
• 18 December – Vilhelm Buhl, politician (born 1881)
• 26 December – Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1888)