1959 in Denmark
Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IX[1]
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events
- 7 January – M/Sans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland.
- 14 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb.
- 30 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.
Sports
Date unknown
- Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
- 10 April – Mona Juul, diplomat and politician[2]
- 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director
- 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician
Deaths
- 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)
- 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871)
- 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875)
- 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)
See also
References
- "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "Mona Juul". Ft.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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