1920 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1920}}
Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X{{cite web|title=Christian X: king of Denmark|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=17 June 2019|language=en}}
- Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard
Events
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- 29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/Danmark_1849-1945/P%C3%A5skekrisen_1920|title=Påskekrisen 1920|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2009-11-18}}
- 4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.
- 26 September {{ndash}} The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.
Sports
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- B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 2{{ndash}}0 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 31 January {{ndash}} Albert Mertz, painter (died 1990)
- 26 February – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1989)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
- 14 May {{ndash}} Knud Lundberg, football player (died 2002)
- 22 May {{ndash}} Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot (died 1943)
- 18 June – Grete Jalk, furniture designer (died 2006)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 28 August – Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer (died 2013)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 6 November {{ndash}} Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman (died 2006)
- 13 November – Inge Krogh, politician (died 2023)
- 6 December {{ndash}} Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 2008){{cite encyclopedia|last=Andersen|first=Victor|title=Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Mette_Koefoed_Bj%C3%B8rnsen|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|language=da|date=7 May 2020|access-date=26 April 2022}}
- 10 December {{ndash}} Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer (died 2011)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 6 January {{ndash}} Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen , mathematician (born 1839)
- 3 March – Theodor Philipsen, painter (born 1840)
- 7 March {{ndash}} Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (born 1848)
- 14 March {{ndash}} Christian Blache, painter (born 1839)
- 23 March {{ndash}} Ivar Knudsen, engineer (born 1861)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (born 1834)
- 27 June – Hack Kampmann, architect (born 1856)
References
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