1959 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1959}}
Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 7 January {{ndash}} MS Hans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland.
- 14 January {{ndash}} M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb.
- 30 January {{ndash}} M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.
Sports
=Date unknown=
- Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 14 January {{ndash}} Lars Høgh, footballer
- 18 January {{ndash}} Bjarne Henriksen, actor
- 25 February {{ndash}} Poul Erik Tøjner, art historian and museum director
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 2 April – John Lauridsen, footballer
- 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director
- 22 May – Kenneth Brylle, footballer
- 5 June – Jesper Worre, cyclist
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 22 August {{ndash}} Pia Gjellerup, politician
- 25 August {{ndash}} Christian Kettel Thomsen, governor of Danmarks Nationalbank
- 20 September {{ndash}} Mona Juul, politician
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 8 October {{ndash}} Erik Gundersen, speedway driver
- 13 November {{ndash}} Lene Hau, physicist
- 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician
- 26 December {{ndash}} Hans Nielsen, speedway rider
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871)
- 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875)
- 30 April {{ndash}} Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1885)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 8 August {{ndash}} Harald Christensen, wrestler (born 1884)
- 18 August {{ndash}} Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (born 1886)
- 19 August {{ndash}} Gudrun Bjørner, teacher and politician (born 1898)
- 28 August {{ndash}} Kay Bojesen, designer (born 1889)
- 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)
- 20 September {{ndash}} William Scharff, painter (born 1886)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 9 December – John Olsen, film producer (died 1885)
- 13 December – Ingrid Vang Nyman, illustrator (born 1916)
See also
References
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