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1937 in Denmark
Events from the year
1937 in Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch âÂÂ
Christian X
Prime minister âÂÂ
Thorvald Stauning
Events
18 May â The state national police force
Rigspolitiet
â under command of one chief of police â begins operations.
1 August - Danish acquisition of
Thule
26 September The
Storstrøm Bridge
is inaugurated.
14 December â Many documents from the
National Archives of Denmark
, the
Royal Danish Library
and
Copenhagen University Library
relating to Norwegian conditions are transferred to
Norway
.
Sports
Cycling
2129 August The
1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
are held in Copenhagen.
Kees Pellenaars
(NED) and
Frans Slaats
(NED) win the
Six Days of Copenhagen
six-day track cycling race
.
Football
AB
wins their third Danish football championship by winning the
1936âÂÂ37 Danish Championship League
.
Births
JanuaryMarch
14 January –
Erland Kops
, badminton player (died
2017
)
11 February
Anders Bodelsen
m author (died
2021
)
AprilJune
14 June âÂÂ
Jørgen Leth
, film director, writer, poet (died
2025
)
JulyâÂÂSeptember
24 August âÂÂ
Bo Christensen
, film producer (died
2020
)
OctoberDecember
3 December
Søren Krarup
, pastor, writer and politician (died
2023
)
14 December
Aino Kann Rasmussen
, archaeologist and curator
29 December
Ursula Munch-Petersen
, ceramist
Deaths
JanuaryJune
8 February âÂÂ
Martin Borch
, architect (born
1852
)
22 March âÂÂ
Thorvald Aagaard
, composer (born
1877
)
7 May âÂÂ
Helge Rode
, writer, critic and journalist (born
1870
)
26 March
Edvard Ehlers
, dermatologist (born
1863
)
23 May
Frederik Tesdorpf
, landowner qand politician (born
1854
)
11 June âÂÂ
Agnes Slott-Møller
, painter (born
1862
)
JulyDecember
14 November
Carl Hentzen
, engineer (born
1863
)
30 December âÂÂ
Hans Niels Andersen
, businessman, founder of
East Asiatic Company
(born
1852
)
References