1918 in Denmark

Events from the year 1918 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

• 22 April – The 1918 Folketing election takes place. Three women, the first in Danish history, are elected, among them Elna Munch.

Date unknown

• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1917–18 Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Randers Freja 52 in the final.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 2 February Thorkild Bjørnvig, poet (died 2004)
• 5 March Sonja Hauberg, writer (died 1947)
• 6 March Lilly Brændgaard, fashion designer (died 2009)

AprilJune

• 18 April Gabriel Axel, filmmaker (died 2014)
• 9 April – Jørn Utzon, architect (died 2008)
• 27 June – Willy Breinholst, author, screenwriter and humourist (died 2009)

JulySeptember

• 20 SeÃ¥tember Sven Methling. film director and screenwriter (died 205)

OctoberDecember

• 22 December – Lis Møller journalist and politician (died 1983)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 4 January – Carl Aarsleff, sculptor (born 1852)
• 29 March – Fanny Suenssen, author (born 1832)

AprilJune

• 6 June Valdemar Oldenburg, jurist and politician (born 1834)

JulySeptember

• 26 August – Rogert Møller, architect (born 1844)

OctoberDecember

• 16 November – Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Prime Minister 1901–05 (born 1845)

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