1920 in Denmark

Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard

Events

• 29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.
• 4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.
• 26 September The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.

Sports

Date unknown

• B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 20 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 31 January Albert Mertz, painter (died 1990)
• 26 February – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1989)

AprilJune

• 16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
• 14 May Knud Lundberg, football player (died 2002)
• 22 May Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot (died 1943)
• 18 June – Grete Jalk, furniture designer (died 2006)

JulySeptember

• 28 August – Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer (died 2013)

OctoberDecember

• 6 November Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman (died 2006)
• 13 November – Inge Krogh, politician (died 2023)
• 6 December Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 2008)
• 10 December Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer (died 2011)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 6 January Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, mathematician (born 1839)
• 3 March – Theodor Philipsen, painter (born 1840)
• 7 March Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (born 1848)
• 14 March Christian Blache, painter (born 1839)
• 23 March Ivar Knudsen, engineer (born 1861)

AprilJune

• 15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (born 1834)
• 27 June – Hack Kampmann, architect (born 1856)

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