1937 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1937}}
Events from the year 1937 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 May – The state national police force Rigspolitiet – under command of one chief of police – begins operations.{{cite web|url=http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1937.html|title=1937|language=da|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=2014-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201174803/http://kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1937.html|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead}}
- 26 September {{ndash}} The Storstrøm Bridge is inaugurated.
- 14 December – Many documents from the National Archives of Denmark, the Royal Danish Library and Copenhagen University Library relating to Norwegian conditions are transferred to Norway.
Sports
=Cycling=
- 21{{ndash}}29 August {{ndash}} The 1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
- Kees Pellenaars (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
=Football=
- AB wins their third Danish football championship by winning the 1936–37 Danish Championship League.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 14 January – Erland Kops, badminton player (died 2017)
- 1 February {{ndash}} Anders Bodelsenm author (died 2021)
- 23 March Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1769)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 14 June – Jørgen Leth, film director, writer, poet
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 3 December {{ndash}} Søren Krarup, pastor, writer and politician (died 2023)
- 14 December {{ndash}} Aino Kann Rasmussen, h archaeologist, curator
- 29 December {{ndash}} Ursula Munch-Petersen, ceramist
Deaths
- 8 February – Martin Borch, architect (born 1852)
- 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877)
- 23 March – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1870)
- 30 December – Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company (born 1852)
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