The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.
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| See also: | Other events of 1961 List of years in Denmark | ||||
Incumbents
edit- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann
Events
edit- 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.
Sports
editBadminton
edit- 14–17 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
editBadminton
edit- 14–16 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
edit- 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
editJanuary–March
edit- 21 March – Axel Saltom ceramist (born 1889)
April–June
edit- 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)
July–September
edit- 11 July – Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
- 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)
October–December
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Pernille SVARRE - Olympic Modern Pentathlon | Denmark". International Olympic Committee. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.