1920 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X^[1]
Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard

Events

29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.^[2]
4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.^[2]
26 September The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.

Sports

Date unknown

B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 20 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

31 January Albert Mertz, painter (died 1990)
26 February - Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1989)

AprilJune

16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
14 May Knud Lundberg, football player (died 2002)
22 May Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot (died 1943)
18 June - Grete Jalk, furniture designer (died 2006)

JulySeptember

28 August - Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer (died 2013)

OctoberDecember

6 November Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman (died 2006)
13 November – Inge Krogh, politician (died 2023)
6 December Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 2008)^[3]
10 December Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer (died 2011)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

6 January Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, mathematician (born 1839)
3 March - Theodor Philipsen, painter (born 1840)
7 March Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (born 1848)
14 March Christian Blache, painter (born 1839)
23 March Ivar Knudsen, engineer (born 1861)

AprilJune

15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (born 1834)
27 June - Hack Kampmann, architect (born 1856)

Notes and References

Web site: Christian X: king of Denmark. Encyclopedia Britannica. 17 June 2019. en.
Web site: Påskekrisen 1920. Gyldendal. 2009-11-18.
Encyclopedia: Andersen. Victor. Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen. Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. da. 7 May 2020. 26 April 2022.