1961 in Denmark

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – 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 – Viggo Kampmann

3 March {{ndash}} Bodil Jørgensen, actress
8 April {{ndash}} Lars Bom, actor
22 May {{ndash}} Dan Frost, cyclist
28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
20 July {{ndash}} Tommy Christensen, footballer
26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete{{cite web |title=Pernille SVARRE - Olympic Modern Pentathlon {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/pernille-svarre |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en |date=22 June 2016}}
28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)

11 July {{ndash}} Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

8 November {{ndash}} Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
20 December
Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)