1932 in Denmark

Events from the year 1932 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

• July and August – Denmark participates in the 1932 Summer Olympics and wins 6 medals
• 13 September – Danish Landsting election is held
• 16 November – Danish Folketing election is held in Denmark, but not in Faroe Islands
• 12 December – Danish Folketing election is held for the Faroe Islands
• 10 August – The Lego Group is founded

Sports

Date unknown

• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins their seventh Danish football championship by winning the 1931–32 Danish Championship League.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 11 March – Bodil Kjær, architect and furniture designer

AprilJune

• 27 April – Arne Haugen Sørensen, artist

JulySeptember

• 13 July – Per NørgÃ¥rd, composer (died 2025)
• 15 July Nina van Pallandt, actress
• 20 July – Ove Verner Hansen, actor (died 2016)
• 26 September – Knud Heinesen, politician (died 2025)

OctoberDecember

• 21 November – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer (died 2016)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 19 February Magnus Bech-Olsen, wrestler and circus manager (born 1866)
• 25 March Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu, businessman (died 1852)

AprilJune

• 18 May – Christian Hedemann, photographer (born 1852)
• 14 June – Peter Adler Alberti, politician and swindler, known for the Alberti scandal of 1908 (born 1851)
• 28 June – Urania Marquard Olsen, actress and theatre director (born 1856)

OctoberDecember

• 31 October Maria Mogensen, curator and egyptologist (born 1882)
• 17 December – Charles Winckler, shot putter (born 1867)

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