1924 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1924 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister – Niels Neergaard (until 24 April), Thorvald Stauning

Events

• 22 January – the 1924 Faroese general election is held.
• 11 April – the 1924 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 23 April – the Stauning I Cabinet is formed following the Folketing election.
• 18 July – Tisvildeleje railway station opens.
• 1 August – the Institut Jeanne d'Arc is established in Frederiksberg.
• August 9–17 – the 2nd World Scout Jamboree is held in Ermelunden, Denmark.

Sports

• 15 June – The opening match of the first Nordic Football Championship is held at Københavns Idrætspark. The Swedish national team defeats the Danish team 3–2.
• 5–27 July – Denmark competes at the Summer Olympics, winning 9 medals in addition to several medals from the art competition.
• 23 July Esbjerg fB is founded.

Date unknown

• B 1903 wins their second Danish football championship by defeating B 1913 50 in the second replay of the final of the 1923–24 Danish National Football Tournament (after two 11 draws).

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 7 January Karen Strand, silversmith (died 2000)

AprilJune

• 24 June John Hansen, football player (died 1990)

JulySeptember

• 18 July Inge Sørensen, swimmer (died 2011)
• 14 August – Holger Juul Hansen, actor (died 2013 in Denmark)

OctoberDecember

• 10 November – Klaus Baess, Olympic sailor (died 2018)
• 20 November Karen Harup, swimmer (died 2009)
• 29 November – Erik Balling, TV and film director (died 2005)
• 2 December – Else Marie Pade, composer (died 2016)
• 7 December  - Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (a.k.a. Bent Fabric), composer, pianist (died 2020)
• 29 December – Gurli Vibe Jensen, missionary, priest and writer (died 2016)^[2]

Deaths

• 18 March – Walter Christmas, author (b. 1861)
• 12 April Frederik Levy, architect (born 1851 in Germany)
• 17 May Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (born 1842)
• 19 September  - Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1842)
• 7 December  - Rudolph Sophus Bergh, composer (b. 1859)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian X: king of Denmark. Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 June 2019. en.
2. Encyclopedia: Wold. Mikkel. Gurli Vibe Jensen (1924–2016); Vibe Jensen, Gurli. 2003. Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon. da. 25 April 2022.