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1950 in Denmark
Events from the year
1950 in Denmark
.
Incumbents
Monarch âÂÂ
Frederik IX
Prime minister âÂÂ
Hans Hedtoft
(until 30 October),
Erik Eriksen
Events
9 January â Denmark becomes one of the first European countries to recognize the
People's Republic of China
.
8 May The
Tollund Man
is discovered.
14 March The
1950 Danish local elections
are held.
27 May The
Ministry of Defence
is established.
5 September The
1950 Danish Folketing election
is held.
November The last
Danish collaborator trial sentences
are passed.
Date unknown
The
Colony of Greenland
is formed through the merger of
North Greenland
and
South Greenland
.
Sports
2027 August Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the
1947 European Aquatics Championships
.
Badminton
14 March
All England Badminton Championships
Tonny Ahm
wins gold in Women's Single at the
All England Badminton Championships
.
Jørn Skaarup
and
Preben Dabelsteen
wins gold in Men's Doubles
Tonny Ahm
and
Kirsten Thorndahl
wins gold in Women's Doubles
Poul Holm
and
Tonny Ahm
win gold in Mixed Doubles
Births
AprilJune
23 April
Holger K. Nielsen
, politician
15 May
Jørgen Marcussen
, cuclist
26 May âÂÂ
Esben Storm
, Danish-Australian screenwriter, director and actor (died
2011
)
7 June
Ebbe Nielsen
, entomologist (died 2001)
JulySeptember
20 July
Charlotte Hanmann
, photographer
20 July
Charlotte Hanmann
, photographer and painter
25 July
Leif Davidsen
, author and journalist
2 August âÂÂ
Jussi Adler-Olsen
, crime fiction writer
OctoberDecember
10 November
Troels Wörsel
, painter (died
2018
)
14 November
Lars Muhl
, singer
30 December
Bjarne Stroustrup
, computer scientist
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
11 January âÂÂ
Karin Michaëlis
, journalist and author (born
1872
)
1 February
Peter Holm
, museum director (born
1873
)
16 February âÂÂ
Johannes Hjelmslev
, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the
Hjelmslev transformation
(born
1873
)
AprilJune
11 April
Ingeborg Pehrson
, asctress (died
1886
)
16 April
Anders Peter Nielsen
, sport shooter (born
1867
)
9 May âÂÂ
Vilhelm Lundstrøm
, painter (born
1893
)
26 May âÂÂ
Louis Larsen
, gymnast, silver medalist at the
1906 Intercalated Games
(born
1874
)
5 June âÂÂ
Rudolph Tegner
, sculptor linked with the
Symbolist
movement (born
1873
)
JulySeptember
7 July
Niels Bukh
, gymnast and educator (born
1880
)
3 August âÂÂ
Georg Høeberg
, composer and conductor (born
1872
)
10 September âÂÂ
Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg
(born
1890
)
OctoberDecember
3 October âÂÂ
Elna Borch
, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (born
1869
)
31 October
Ove Jørgensen
, classical scholar (born
1877
)
19 November
Aage Redal
, actor (born
1891
)
25 November âÂÂ
Johannes V. Jensen
, author, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1944 (born
1873
)
Full date unknown
Per Sax Møller
, silversmith
References