1956 in Denmark
Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events
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 1–0 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
January–March
- 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)
April–June
- 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
- 17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904)
July–September
- 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)
October–December
- 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)
References
- ^ "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Estrid Hein". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.