1961 in Denmark

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.

Sports

Badminton

• 1417 March All England Badminton Championships
• Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
• Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
• Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Sports

Badminton

• 1416 March All England Badminton Championships
• Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
• Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 3 March Bodil Jørgensen, actress

AprilJune

• 8 April Lars Bom, actor
• 21 May KÃ¥re Schultz, business executive
• 22 May Dan Frost, cyclist
• 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen

JulySeptember

• 20 July Tommy Christensen, footballer
• 26 July , architect
• 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress

OctoberDecember

• 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete
• 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 21 March Axel Salto, ceramist (born 1889)

AprilJune

• 21 April Jean René Gauguin, sculptor (born 1881 in France)
• 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)
• 20 June Leif B. Hendil, journalist active in the Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II (born 1898)

JulySeptember

• 2 July Pola Gauguin, painter and writer (born 1883)
• 11 July Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
• 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)
• 19 September Thorvald Pedersen, pharmacist and company founder (born 1887)

OctoberDecember

• 25 October Mary Willumsen, photographer (born 1884)
• 8 November Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
• 20 December
• Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
• Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)

See also

• 1961 in Danish television

References