1965 in Denmark

Events from the year 1965 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Births

January–March

• 3 January – Jens Albinus, actor
• 6 January – Bjørn Lomborg, author
• 19 February – Jan E. Jørgensen, politician
• 31 January – Christian Frederiksen, canoer
• 11 February – Michael Mio Nielsen, footballer
• 29 March – Henrik Nielsen, footballer

April–June

• 1 April – Brian Nielsen, boxer
• 12 April – Kim Bodnia, actor
• 20 April – Rolf Sørensen, cyclist
• 23 April – Lasse Spang Olsen, filmmaker
• 12 May – Renée Simonsen, former model
• 1 June – Alexander Kølpin, hotel owner and former ballet dancer

July–September

• 3 July – Connie Nielsen, actress
• 20 September Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, badminton player and president of the World Vadminton Federation
• 23 September – Master Fatman, media personality (1965–2019)
• 26 September – Lene Espersen, politician

October–December

• 16 October – Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, actress
• 30 October – Julian LeFay, video game designer (d. 2025)
• 22 November – Mads Mikkelsen, actor
• 14 December – Helle Helle, author

Deaths

January–March

• 6 January – Søren Marinus Jensenm wrestler (born 1879)
• 31 January – Cay Lembcke, co-founder of the Danish Boy Schots movement (died 1885
• 2 February Axel Aabrink, painter (born 1887)
• 5 March – Frits Schlegel, architect (died 1896)

April–June

• 3 April – Else Jacobsen, swimmer (born 1911)
• 12 June – Arnold Peter Møller, shipping magnate, founder of A. P. Moller-Maersk (born 1876)
• 21 June – Kay Fisker, architect (born 1893)

July–September

• 6 August – Aksel Sandemose, author (born 1899)

October–December

• 20 December – Olga Aae, Danish artist
• 23 December – Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete (born 1888)

See also

• 1965 in Danish television

References