1949 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1949 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederik IX^[1]
Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft

Events

30 March – Prince Harald, uncle of King Frederik IX, dies in Copenhagen at age 72, following two years of illness.

Sport

Badminton

5 March Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.

Cycling

2228 August The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
- Knud Andersen wins gold in Men's individual pursuit.

Football

KB wins the 1948–49 Danish 1st Division. It is their 10th Danish football championship.

Births

JanuaryMarch

4 January Torben Hardenberg, goldsmith
27 January – Per Røntved, footballer (died 2023)
27 March – Poul Ruders, composer

AprilJune

22 April – Per Bak Jensen, photographer

JulySeptember

14 August – Morten Olsen, football player
14 September – Tommy Seebach, singer, composer, and keyboardist (died 2003)

OctoberDecember

5 October – Thomas Clausen, jazz pianist
11 December – Peter Brixtofte, politician (died 2016)
19 December – Sebastian, singer, guitarist and composer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

3 February Harald Simonsen, businessman (born 1873)
6 March – Robert Storm Petersen, cartoonist, painter, inventor, writer (born 1882)
30 March – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (born 1876)

AprilJune

27 May – Martin Knudsen, physicist and researcher after whom the Knudsen gas state, the Knudsen number, and the Knudsen layer are named (born 1871)
28 June – Laurits Larsen, Olympic sport shooter and bronze medalist (born 1872)

JulySeptember

13 September – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (born 1874)
28 September – Nancy Dalberg, composer (born 1881)

OctoberDecember

7 November Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (born 1886)
12 November - Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (born 1859)
22 December Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (born 1897)

Notes and References

Web site: Frederick IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.