1949 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1949}}
Events from the year 1949 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 30 March – Prince Harald, uncle of King Frederik IX, dies in Copenhagen at age 72, following two years of illness.
Sport
=Badminton=
- 5 March {{ndash}} Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.
=Cycling=
- 22{{ndash}}28 August {{ndash}} The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
- Knud Andersen wins gold in Men's individual pursuit.
=Football=
- KB wins the 1948–49 Danish 1st Division. It is their 10th Danish football championship.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 4 January {{ndash}} Torben Hardenberg, goldsmith
- 27 January – Per Røntved, footballer (died 2023)
- 27 March – Poul Ruders, composer
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 22 April – Per Bak Jensen, photographer
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 14 August – Morten Olsen, football player
- 14 September – Tommy Seebach, singer, composer, and keyboardist (died 2003)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 5 October – Thomas Clausen, jazz pianist
- 11 December – Peter Brixtofte, politician (died 2016)
- 19 December – Sebastian, singer, guitarist and composer
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 3 February {{ndash}} Harald Simonsen, businessman (born 1873)
- 6 March – Robert Storm Petersen, cartoonist, painter, inventor, writer (born 1882)
- 30 March – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (born 1876)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 27 May – Martin Knudsen, physicist and researcher after whom the Knudsen gas state, the Knudsen number, and the Knudsen layer are named (born 1871)
- 28 June – Laurits Larsen, Olympic sport shooter and bronze medalist (born 1872)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 13 September – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (born 1874)
- 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, composer (born 1881)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 7 November {{ndash}} Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (born 1886)
- 12 November – Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (born 1859)
- 22 December {{ndash}} Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (born 1897)
References
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