1954 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

• The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.

January – March

• 1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.

April – June

• 20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
• 29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government.

Births

• 2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
• 17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
• 7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State
• 2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
• 26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
• 17 November – Max Kohn, artist
• 9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
• Marc Jaeger, judge

Deaths

• 3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
• 15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
• 31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria

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