1961 in Denmark explained

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX^[1]
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.

Sports

Badminton

• 1417 March All England Badminton Championships
  • Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
  • Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Sports

Badminton

• 1416 March All England Badminton Championships
  • Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Births

• 3 March Bodil Jørgensen, actress
• 8 April Lars Bom, actor
• 22 May Dan Frost, cyclist
• 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
• 20 July Tommy Christensen, footballer
• 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
• 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete^[2]
• 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 21 March Axel Saltom ceramist (born 1889)

AprilJune

• 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)

JulySeptember

• 11 July Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
• 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

OctoberDecember

• 8 November Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
• 20 December
  • Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
  • Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)

See also

• 1961 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Pernille SVARRE - Olympic Modern Pentathlon Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 5 February 2020 . en . 22 June 2016.