1938 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1938}}
Events from the year 1938 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
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Sports
=Football=
- B 1903 wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1937–38 Danish Championship League,
=Swimming=
- 6{{ndash}}13 August Denmark wins five gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 27 January – Povl Dissing, singer (died 2022)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 25 May {{ndash}} John Olsen, artist (died 2019)
=July{{ndash}} September=
- 12 July {{ndash}} Lars Hillingsø, fashion designer (died 2005)
- 18 July – Erik Wedersøe, actor (died 2011)
- 1 September – Per Kirkeby, painter, sculptor (died 2018)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 11 October – Merete Ries, publisher (died 2018){{cite encyclopedia|last=Posselt|first=Gert|title=Merete Ries|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Merete_Ries|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|language=da|date=11 May 2020|access-date=1 December 2021}}
- 15 November – Henning Camre, cinematographer, film industry administrator
- 27 November {{ndash}} Marianne Grøndahl, photographer (died 2012)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 3 February {{ndash}} Niels Skovgaard, artist (born 1958)
- 10 February {{ndash}} Valdemar Irminger, painter (born 1859)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 4 April {{ndash}} Alfred Schmidt, painter (born 1858)
- 16 April – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (born 1855)
- 9 May – Thomas B. Thrige, businessman (born 1866)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 2 July – Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1878)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 22 December {{ndash}} Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (born 1868)
References
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