1959 in Denmark
Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IX[1]
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events
- 7 January – MS Hans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland.
- 14 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb.
- 30 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.
Sports
Date unknown
- Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
January–March
- 18 January – Bjarne Henriksen, actor
- 25 February – Poul Erik Tøjner, art historian and museum director
April–June
- 10 April – Mona Juul, diplomat and politician[2]
- 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director
July–September
- 22 August – Pia Gjellerup, politician
October–December
- 8 October – Erik Gundersen, speedway driver
- 13 November – Lene Hau, physicist
- 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician
- 26 December – Hans Nielsen)
Deaths
January–March
- 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)
April–June
- 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871)
- 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875)
- 30 April – Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1885)
July–September
- 17 August – Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (born 1886)
- 8 August – Kay Bojesen, designer (born 1889)
- 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)
- 30 September – William Scharff, painter (born 1886)
October–December
- 8 August – Harald Christensen, wrestler (born 1894)
See also
References
- "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "Mona Juul". Ft.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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