1926 in Denmark

Events from the year 1926 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning (until 14 December), Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

Events

Sports

Date unknown

• B 1903 wins their third Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 4 - 1 in the final of the 1925–26 Landsfodboldturneringen.

Births

January to March

• 3 February – Verner Panton, architect, furniture designer (died 1998)
• 8 February - Birgitte Reimer, film actress (died 2021 in France)
• 16 February – Arne Vodder, furniture designer (died 2009)

April to June

• 18 May – Dirch Passer, actor (died 1980)
• 29 April - Jacob Jensen, designer (died 2015)

July to September

• 7 July – Thorkild Simonsen, politician (died 2022)
• 9 July – Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish nuclear physicist (died 2022)
• 23 July - Richard Winther, painter (died 2007)

October to December

• 15 December – Jørn Larsen, painter and sculptor (died 2004)

Deaths

January to March

• 12 January – Roger Henrichsen, composer and pianist (born 1876)
• 22 February - Bertha Wegmann, painter (born 1847)
• 7 March Carl Nicolai Starcke, sociologist, educator, politician and philosopher (born 1858)

April to July

• 17 June – Viggo Lindstrøm, actor and theatre director (born 1858)
• 24 June – Thomas Vilhelm Garde, naval officer, Greenland explorer (born 1859)
• 29 July - Sophus Falckm businessman (born 1864)

August to December

• 27 August – Anthonore Christensen, painter (born 1849)
• 14 September – John Louis Emil Dreyer, astronomer (born 1852)
• 22 October – Magda von Dolcke, actress (born 1838)
• 28 December – Elisabeth Wandel, painter (born 1850)

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