1938 in Denmark

Events from the year 1938 in Denmark.

← 1937 1936 1935 1938 in Denmark → 1939 1940 1941
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1938 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

Main article: 1938

Sports

Football

• B 1903 wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1937–38 Danish Championship League,

Swimming

• 6–13 August Denmark wins five gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.

Births

January–March

• 27 January – Povl Dissing, singer (died 2022)

April–June

• 25 May – John Olsen, artist (died 2019)

July– September

• 12 July – Lars Hillingsø, fashion designer (died 2005)
• 18 July – Erik Wedersøe, actor (died 2011)
• 1 September – Per Kirkeby, painter, sculptor (died 2018)

October–December

• 11 October – Merete Ries, publisher (died 2018)
• 15 November – Henning Camre, cinematographer, film industry administrator
• 27 November – Marianne Grøndahl, photographer (died 2012)

Deaths

January–March

• 3 February – Niels Skovgaard, artist (born 1958)
• 10 February – Valdemar Irminger, painter (born 1859)

April–June

• 4 April – Alfred Schmidt, painter (born 1858)
• 16 April – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (born 1855)
• 9 May – Thomas B. Thrige, businessman (born 1866)

July–September

• 2 July – Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1878)

October–December

• 22 December – Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (born 1868)