1928 in Denmark

Events from the year 1928 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal

Events

• 20 March – Haandarbejdets Fremme is founded.
• 21 September – The 1928 Landsting election is held.

Date unknown

• Dronningborg Boldklub football club is established.

Sports

• 28 July – 12 August – Denmark wins three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Births

• 25 February Paul Elvstrøm, yachtsman (died 2016)
• 11 May Nils Foss, engineer, company founder (died 2018)
• 25 March Gunnar Nielsen, athlete (died 1985)
• 3 August – Henning Moritzen, actor (died 2012)
• 3 October Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer (died 1986)
• 4 October – Torben Ulrich, tennis player, writer, musician, filmmaker (died 2023)
• 25 October – Peter Naur, computer science pioneer (died 2016)
• 7 November – Grethe Krogh, organist and professor (died 2018)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 13 January – Johan Peter Koch, captain and arctic explorer (born 1870)
• 30 January Johannes Fibiger, physician (born 1867)
• 25 March Nina Bang, politician (born 1866)

AprilJune

• 29 April Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (born 1855)

JulySeptember

• 2 July – Anton Rosen, architect (born 1859)
• 5 July Valdemar Andersen, artist (born 1875)

OctoberDecember

• 6 October – Peter Hansen, painter (born 1868)
• 13 October – Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (born 1847)
• 15 November Godfred Christensen, painter (born 1845)

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