1938 in Denmark

Events from the year 1938 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

Sports

Football

• B 1903 wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1937–38 Danish Championship League,

Swimming

• 613 August Denmark wins five gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 27 January – Povl Dissing, singer (died 2022)

AprilJune

• 25 May John Olsen, artist (died 2019)
• 17 June Grethe Ingmann, singer (died 1990)

July September

• 12 July Lars Hillingsø, fashion designer (died 2005)
• 18 July – Erik Wedersøe, actor (died 2011)
• 1 September – Per Kirkeby, painter, sculptor (died 2018)

OctoberDecember

• 11 October – Merete Ries, publisher (died 2018)
• 5 November Henning Camre, cinematigraoher and arts administrator
• 15 November – Henning Camre, cinematographer, film industry administrator
• 17 November Susse Wold, actress
• 27 November Marianne Grøndahl, photographer (died 2012)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 3 February Niels Skovgaard, artist (born 1958)
• 10 February Valdemar Irminger, painter (born 1859)
• 27 March A. W. Sandberg, film director and screenwriter (born 1887)

AprilJune

• 4 April Alfred Schmidt, painter (born 1858)
• 16 April – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (born 1855)
• 9 May – Thomas B. Thrige, businessman (born 1866)

JulySeptember

• 2 July – Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1878)

OctoberDecember

• 22 December Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (born 1868)

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