1947 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1947}}
Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X (until 20 April), Frederik IX{{cite web |title=Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime minister – Knud Kristensen (until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft{{cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris M. |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134264902 |page=221 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221 |language=en}}
Events
- 20 April – King Christian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, King Frederik IX.
- 13 November – Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigns following a motion of no confidence, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft.
Sports
=Football=
- Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.
=Swimming=
- 10{{ndash}}14 September {{ndash}} Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.
=Other=
- 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 23 February {{ndash}} Pia Kjærsgaard, politician
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer
- 30 April {{ndash}} Birthe Neumann, actor
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 12 July {{ndash}} Anne Marie Løn, author
- 16 July {{ndash}} Anders Koppel, musician
- 2 August {{ndash}} Sonja Hauberg, writer (born 1918)
- 4 September {{ndash}} Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician
- 27 September {{ndash}} Jesper Tørring, athlete
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 27 December {{ndash}} Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, businessman and investor
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 28 May {{ndash}} Hanna Adler, educator (born 1759)
- 10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born 1869)
- 15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (born 1866)
- 13 March – Gerda Christophersen, actress and director (born 1870)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 20 April – Christian X, King of Denmark (born 1870){{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}}
- 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947 (born 1874)
- 4 May {{ndash}} Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker (born 1872)
- 3 June {{ndash}} Sigurd Wandel, painter (born 1875)
- 18 June – Ejnar Martin Kjær, teacher and politician (born 1893)
- 25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1873)
References
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