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The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann
Events
- 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.
Sports
Badminton
- 14–17 March – All England Badminton Championships
- Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
- Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
- Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.
Sports
Badminton
- 14–16 March – All England Badminton Championships
- Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
- Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.
Births
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January–March
- 3 March – Bodil Jørgensen, actress
April–June
- 8 April – Lars Bom, actor
- 21 May – Kåre Schultz, business executive
- 22 May – Dan Frost, cyclist
- 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
July–September
- 20 July – Tommy Christensen, footballer
- 26 July – [[]], architect
- 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
October–December
- 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete[2]
- 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager
Deaths
January–March
- 21 March – Axel Salto, ceramist (born 1889)
April–June
- 21 April – Jean René Gauguin, sculptor (born 1881 in France)
- 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)
- 20 June – Leif B. Hendil, journalist active in the Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II (born 1898)
July–September
- 2 July – Pola Gauguin, painter and writer (born 1883)
- 11 July – Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
- 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)
- 19 September – Thorvald Pedersen, pharmacist and company founder (born 1887)
October–December
- 25 October – Mary Willumsen, photographer (born 1884)
- 8 November – Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
- 20 December
- Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
- Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)
See also
References
- "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "Pernille SVARRE - Olympic Modern Pentathlon | Denmark". International Olympic Committee. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.