1956 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX^[1]
• Prime minister – H. C. Hansen

Events

See main article: 1956.

Sports

Badminton

• 17 March Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double at the All England Badminton Championships

Cycling

• 27 Augustus - 2 September The 1956 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.

Football

• 2 June BK Frem wins the 1955–56 Danish Cup by defeating AB 10 in the final.

Date unknown

• Dominique Forlini (FRA) and Georges Senfftleben (FRA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Gerrit Schulte (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

• 13 March – John Frandsen, composer
• 18 March – Allan Olsen, Musical artist
• 8 April – Peter Aalbæk Jensen, film producer
• 30 April – Lars von Trier, director and screenwriter
• 19 May Susanne Augustesen, football player
• 30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager
• 29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• 19 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect
• 30 December – Jes Holtsø, actor

Date unknown

• Kristine Jensen, landscape architect

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 13 February Richard Olsen, rower (born 1911)
• 7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873)

AprilJune

• 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
  • 17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904)

JulySeptember

• 21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of symbolist painting (born 1872)
• 25 July – Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (born 1873)^[2]
• 31 August Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (born 1872)

OctoberDecember

• 30 November – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (born 1874)
• 5 December – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Estrid Hein . www.kvinfo.dk . 3 December 2019 . 15 May 2003.