1921 in Denmark

Events from the year 1921 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Niels Neergaard

Events

• May The departure of the 5yh Thule Expedition.

Sports

• 30 March Lyngby Boldklub is founded.
• 21 August Gentofte-Vangede Idrætsforening is founded.

Cycling

• 30 July – 8 August The 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
• Henry Brask Andersen wins gold, Erik Kjeldsen wins silver and Johan Normann wins bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event.
• 4 August The 1921 UCI Road World Championships are held in Copenhagen
• Willum Nielsen wins silver in Men's amateur road race.

Football

• AB wins its second Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 30 in the final of the 1920–21 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 14 March – Lis Hartel, equestrian athlete (died 2009)
• 16 March – Jens Bjerre, Danish author, filmmaker and explorer (died 2020)

AprilJune

• 21 April Halfdan T. Mahler, physician (died 2016 in Switzerland)
• 28 May Kay Werner Nielsen, cyclist (died 2014)
• 29 May Karen Hoff, canoeist (died 2000)
• 11 June Ib Spang Olsen, artist and illustrator (died 2012)

JulySeptember

• 1 September – Simon Spies, businessman, billionaire (died 1984)

OctoberDecember

• 21 November – Margrethe Schanne, ballerina (died 2014)
• 27 November Ole Sarvig, poet (died 1991)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 2 February Antonio Jacobsen, painter (born 1850)
• 12 February – Troels Frederik Lund, historian (born 1840)

AprilJune

• 26 April Cornelia von Levetzow, writer (born 1836)
• 18 May – Martin Nyrop, architect (born 1849)

JulySeptember

• 8 September – Ingeborg Raunkiær, author (born 1863)
• 21 September Edouard Suenson, business executive (born 1842)

OctoberDecember

• 8 October
• Henning Frederik Feilberg, pastor, author and folklorist (born 1831)
• Emma Eleonore Meyer, painter (born 1859)

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