1955 in Denmark

Events from the year 1955 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 29 January), H. C. Hansen

Events

• 29 January Prime minister Hans Hedtoft dies suddenly from a heart attack while in a meeting in the Nordic Council in Stockholm.
• 1 February Foreign Minister H. C. Hansen is presented as Hedtoft's successor as prime minister.
• 29 March The non-binding reciprocal Bonn-Copenhagen declarations are published with provisions protecting the rights of the Danish and German minorities on each their side of the Denmark–Germany border. They are shortly thereafter implemented into national law by the parliaments of both countries.
• 23 April The Danish House in Paris is inaugurated.
• 19 November The 1985 Danish local elections are held.
• 12 October Regnecentralen is founded.

Undated

• Yje Danish Lanugage Council is established.

Culture

Film

• Where Mountains Float is nomated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards.

Music

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985.

Sports

Badminton

• 2326 March All England Badminton Championships
• Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
• Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles

Football

• 9 June AGF wins the 1954–55 Danish Cup by defeating Aalborg Chang 40 in the final.

Date unknown

• Evan Klamer (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 1 January – Ole Beich, musician
• 31 January Per Kjærgaard Nielsen, sailor
• 16 February Finn Thomsen, motorcycle speedway rider
• 29 March Jakob B. Madsen, economist

AprilJun

• 3 April Kristian Halken, actor
• 8 May Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (2018)
• 14 May Jan Sørensen, footballer (died 2024)
• 11 July Søren Sætter-Lassen, actor
• 21 May Poul Mathias Thomsen, economist
• 28 May Lis Sørensen, singer
• 20 June – Tor Nørretranders, writer

JulySeptember

• 11 July Søren Sætter-Lassen, actor
• 29 July Ann StengÃ¥rd, footballer
• 30 July Frits Bülow, politician (born 1872)
• 31 July – Lars Bastrup, footballer
• 16 August Søren Søndergaard, politician
• 18 August Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, chief executive
• 26 August
• Heidi Ryom, dancer (died 2013)
• Monica Ritterband, artist and journalist

OctoberDecember

• 7 October – Nina Smithm economist
• 16 October – Søren Pilmark, actor
• 9 November – Lars Ulrik Mortensen, musician and conductor
• 4 November – Allan Zachariasen, long-distance runner
• 15 November – Michael Kvium, painter
• 12 December – Jan Johansen, politician
• 30 December
• Sanne Salomonsen, singer
• Vilhelm Munk Nielsen, footballer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 25 January Sigrid Neiiendam, actress (born 1868)
• 26 January Holger Nielsen, fencer (born 1866)
• 29 January Hans Hedtoft politician (born 1903)
• 17 February Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (born 1886)
• 17 March – Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin, businessman (born 1874)

AprilJune

• 7 May Ole Christensen, politician
• 6 April Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen, historian and philologist (born 1880)
• 16 May Jacob Andersen, sailor (born 1902)
• 27 June – Martin A. Hansen, writer (born 1909)

JulySeptember

• 15 July – Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (born 1888)
• 31 July Sophy A. Christensen, furnituremaker (born 1867)
• 9 August Kræsten Iversen, artist (born 1886)
• 9 September Henny Glarbo, archivist (born 1884)
• 24 September – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (born 1884)

OctoberDecember

• 12 November Carl Wesenberg-Lund, zoologist and freshwater ecologist (born 1867)
• 12 December Esther Carstensen, women's rights activist and journal editor (born 1873)

See also

• 1955 in Danish television

References