1964 in Denmark

Events from the year 1964 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag

Events

• 21 March – Denmark hosts the Eurovision Song Contest and finishes in 9th place.
• 22 September – The 1964 parliamentary election is held.

Sport

• January–February – Denmark participates in the 1964 Winter Olympics.
• October – Denmark participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins six medals.

Badminton

• 14 April All England Open Badminton Championships
• Knud Aage Nielsen wins gold in Men's Single
• Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double
• Karin Jørgensen and Ulla Strand win gold in Women's Double

Football

• 19 April Naja Abelsen, painter and illustrator
• 30 March – the 1964 Jutland Series is launched
• 7 May Esbjerg fB wins the 1963–64 Danish Cup by defeating KFUMs Boldklub Odense 21 in the final.
• 17–20 June – Denmark participates in 1964 European Nations' Cup in France.
• 17 June – Denmark is defeated by the Soviet Union in the semi-final.
• 20 June – Denmark is defeated by Hungary in the bronze match.
• 15 November – the 1964 Jutland Series final is played

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 13 January – Claus Nielsen, footballer
• 4 February – Marianne Gaarden, bishop
• 21 March – Jesper Skibby, cyclist

AprilJune

• 3 April – Bjarne Riis, cyclist
• 8 April – Janne Teller, author
• 22 April – Bo Gunge, composer
• 6 May – Lars Mikkelsen, actor
• 10 May Mai Gehrke, mathematician
• 15 May – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 25th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1 June – Marianne Florman, handball player
• 15 June – Michael Laudrup, football player
• 30 June – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark

JulySeptember

• 6 August Sara Blædel, author

• 9 September – Cæcilie Norby, jazz and rock singer
• 18 September – Curt Hansen, chess grandmaster
• 25 September Ida Jessen, author

OctoberDecember

• 11 October – Christian Dyvig, businessman
• 3 November Paprika Steen, actress
• 11 December Niels Christian Meyer, television host
• 20 December Morten Løkkegaard, politician

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 1 January Thyge Petersen, boxer (born 1902)
• 27 March Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (born 1887)

JanuaryMarch

• 16 February Jette Bang photographer (born 1914)
• 27 March – Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (born 1887)

AprilJune

• 10 May – Harald Tandrup, writer (born 1874)
• 5 June Lauge Koch, geologist and Arctic explorer (born 1892)
• 21 May Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (born 1886)

JulySeptember

• 14 July – Prince Axel of Denmark (born 1888)
• 12 August Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, businessman, company founder (born 1878)
• 28 September Arild Rosenkrantz, nobleman, painter, sculptor, stained-glass artist and illustrator (born 1870)

OctoberDecember

• 21 October – Carl Johan Hviid, actor (born 1899)
• 26 November – Bodil Ipsen, actress and film director (born 1889)

See also

• 1964 in Danish television

References