1955 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1955 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX^[1]
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 29 January), H. C. Hansen

Events

See main article: 1955.

Sports

Badminton

• 2326 March All England Badminton Championships
  • Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles

Football

• 9 June AGF wins the 1954–55 Danish Cup by defeating Aalborg Chang 40 in the final.

Date unknown

• Evan Klamer (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 1 January – Ole Beich, musician

AprilJun

• 14 May Jan Sørensen, footballer (died 2024)
• 20 June – Tor Nørretranders, writer

JulySeptember

• 11 July Søren Sætter-Lassen, actor
• 31 July – Lars Bastrup, footballer
• 26 August
  • Heidi Ryom, dancer (died 2013)^{[2] [3]}
  • Monica Ritterband, artist and journalist

OctoberDecember

• 16 October Søren Pilmark, actor
• 15 November Michael Kvium, painter
• 30 December – Sanne Salomonsen, singer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 26 January Holger Nielsenm fencer (born 1866)
• 17 February Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (born 1886)
• 17 March – Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin, businessman (born 1874)

AprilJune

• 27 June – Martin A. Hansen, writer (born 1909)

JulySeptember

• • 15 July – Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (born 1888)
• 31 July Sophy A. Christensen, furnituremaker (born 1867)
• 24 September – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (born 1884)

OctoberDecember

• 12 December – Esther Carstensen, women's rights activist and journal editor (born 1873)^[4]

See also

• 1955 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Encyclopedia: Craine. Debra. Mackrell. Judith. Ryom, Heidi. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford University Press. Second. 2010. 978-0-19-956344-9. 4 December 2021. subscription.
3. Encyclopedia: Christensen. Anne Middelboe. Heidi Ryom. Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. da. 7 May 2020. 4 December 2021.
4. Web site: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Esther Carstensen . www.kvinfo.dk . 28 November 2019 . 15 May 2003.