1931 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

See main article: 1931.

• 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.^[2]

The arts

Music

• 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.

Sports

Cycling

• 21–30 August The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen
  • Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint.
  • Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event.
• 26 August Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships.

Football

• Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League.
• 4 August Holbæk B&I is founded.

Births

• 7 July  - Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
• 15 December – Klaus Rifbjerg, writer (died 2015)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873)
• 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)

AprilJune

• 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (born 1882)
• 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869)
• 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856)
• 17 June Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (born 1846)

JulySeptember

• 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875)
• 23 September – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)

OctoberDecember

• 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
• 20 December  - Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (born 1847)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian X king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Karen Blixen i Afrika. Karen Blixen Museet. 2009-11-18. 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125009/http://www.karen-blixen.dk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=60&lang=da. dead.