1923 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1923 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister - Niels Neergaard

Events

• 13 July  - Niels Hansen Jacobsen's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in Vejen.^[2]

Sports

Undated

• Frem wins their first Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 21 in the final of the 1922–23 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

• 2 January  - Poul Volther, furniture designer (d. 2001)
• 2 March Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist (died 2004)
• 9 May Jørgen Rømer, painter (died 2007)
• 20 June – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, actor (d. 1998)
• 3 August Aage Larsen, rower (died 2016)
• 11 August Ellen Winther, opera singer (died 2011)
• 6 October Nanna Ditzel, designer (died 2005)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 4 January Anders Andersen-Lundby, painter (born 1841)
• 7 February  - Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer (b. 1858)
• 26 March – Olaf Poulsen, comedic stage actor (b. 1849)

AprilJune

• 3 May  - Carl Ryder, Arctic explorer and naval officer (b. 1858)

JulySeptember

• 13 July  - Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)

OctoberDecember

• 27 November  - Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1839)
• 21 December – Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer, anthropologist (b. 1879)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian X king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: »En Trold, der vejrer Kristenkød« . da. Vejen Kunstmuseum. 8 December 2017.