1954 in Denmark

Events from the year 1954 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft

Events

• 2 March The 1954 Danish local elections is held.

Sports

Date unknown

• Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 16 January Morten P. Meldal, chemist
• 19 February Hans Thybo, geophysicist
• 28 February Henning Hyllested, politician
• 29 January Niels Eje, music composer and oboist
• 31 January Michael Melchior, rabbi
• 25 March Bendt Bendtsen, politician

AprilJune

• 15 June
• Dan Laustsen, cinematographer
• Uffe Elbæk, politician
• 29 June Helle Juul, architect

JulySeptember

• 27 July – , actress
• 12 September
• Ole Sohn, politician and writer
• Jakob Sølvhøj, politician
• 16 September – Dan Folke, composer (born 1906)

OctoberDecember

• 10 October Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive
• 10 November Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, sports shooter (d. 2025)
• 14 December Ib Andersen, ballet dancer, choreographer, and painter.
• 26 December Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1889)

Date unknown

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 31 January Astrid Rosing Sawyer, businesswoman and translator (born 1874)
• 11 March Cai Gundelach, equestrian (born 1891)

AprilJune

• 5 April Øjvind Winge, biologist (born 1886)
• 1 June – Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (born 1869)

JulySeptember

• 8 July – Sigurd Langberg, actor (born 1897)
• 27 July Thorvald Ellegaard, cyclist (born 1877)
• 29 August Thyra Manicus-Hansen, ceramist (born 1872)

OctoberDecember

• 6 October – Hakon Børresen, composer (born 1876)
• 8 October – Morten Korch, writer of populist stories and romances (born 1876)
• 10 October Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive
• 11 November – Johannes Giersing, chess master (born 1872)
• 18 December Vilhelm Buhl, politician (born 1881)
• 26 December Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1888)

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