1956 in Denmark

Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – H. C. Hansen

Events

• 15 February – Denmark and the People's Republic of China upgrade diplomatic relations from ministerial to ambassadorial level and exchange ambassadors.
• 1 June – Salling Group is founded.
• 17 March – The 1956 Danish general strike begins.

Ø 13 April Demonstrations are held in major cities around the country. The one in Copenhagen attracts around 200m000 people. Aksel Larsen gives a speech at Christiansborg Slotsplads.

• 15 April – The 1956 Danish general strike ends.

Undated

• The Danish Refugee Council was founded in response to the refugee crisis caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
• Hørsholmvejen (now part of the Helsingør Motorway) becomes the first motorway in Denmark.
• N. Foss Electric is founded by Niels Foss.
• The Arnamagnæan Institute is founded.
• The new Tivoli Concert Hall is completed in Copenhagen.

Culture

Music

• Four Jacks is founded.

Sports

Badminton

• 17 March Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double at the All England Badminton Championships

Cycling

• 27 Augustus – 2 September The 1956 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.

Football

• 2 June BK Frem wins the 1955–56 Danish Cup by defeating AB 10 in the final.

Date unknown

• Dominique Forlini (FRA) and Georges Senfftleben (FRA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
• Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Gerrit Schulte (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 February – Nina Høiberg, chess player
• 29 February – Birgit Aagard-Svendsen, business executive
• 13 March – John Frandsen, composer
• 18 March – Allan Olsen, folkrock musician and singer-songwriter

AprilJune

• 8 April – Peter Aalbæk Jensen, film producer
• 24 April – Steen Pade, composer
• 28 April – Henrik Wenzel, engineer
• 30 April – Lars von Trier, director and screenwriter
• 8 May – Søren Ulrik Thomsen, poet, essayist
• 10 May – Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian dancer, actress and rapper
• 18 May – Birgitte Bonnesen, business executive
• 19 May – Susanne Augustesen, football player
• 28 May – Poul Krebs, singer
• 14 June – Lim Petersen, aka King Diamond, singer

JulySeptember

• 5 September Henrik Birch, actor
• 6 September Poul Lange, artist
• 16 September Michael Falch, singer
• 30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager

OctoberDecember

• 9 October Ivan Nielsen, football player
• 1 November Jens Peter Christensen, judge
• 3 November Birgit Kleis, politician
• 29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• 14 December Kristine Jensen, landscape architect
• 19 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect
• 30 December – Jes Holtsø, actor

Full date missing

• Kristine Jensen, landscape architect

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 4 February Peder Gram, composer and organist (born 1881)
• 13 February Richard Olsen, rower (born 1911)
• 7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873)

AprilJune

• 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
• 17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904)

JulySeptember

• 21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of symbolist painting (born 1872)
• 25 July – Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (born 1873)
• 31 August Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (born 1872)

OctoberDecember

• 30 November – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (born 1874)
• 5 December – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

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