1944 in Denmark

Events from the year 1944 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – German military rule

Sports

• Frem win their sixth Danish football championship by winning the 1943–44 Danish War Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 5 March Peter Brandes, artist

AprilJune

• 8 April – Anders Refn, film editor and director
• 10 April – Jørgen Jensen, athlete (died 2009)
• 11 April – Joen Bille, actor
• 9 May – Bente Juncker, politician
• 2 June Poul Richardt Høj Jensen, sailor

JulySeptember

• 20 July – Niels Fennet, businessman

OctoberDecember

• 5 October Nils Malmros, filmmaker
• 7 October – Claus Bjørn, author and historian (died 2005)
• 13 November Jesper Klein, actor and media personality (died 2011)
• 21 November Tom Bogs, boxer (died 2023)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 3 January – Aage Hertel, actor (born 1873)
• 4 January – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest (born 1898)
• 21 February Tom Bogs, boxer

MayJune

• 1 May Paul Gustav Fischer, painter (born 1860)

JulySeptember

• 7 September – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle in 1912 (born 1869)

OctoberDecember

• 5 October Prince Gustav of Denmark, prince (born 1887)
• 8 October Carl Jensen Burrau, mathematician (born 1867)

• 20 November – Jorgen Moeller, chess master (born 1873)

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