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1924 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1924 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X
- Prime minister – Niels Neergaard (until 24 April), Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 22 January – the 1924 Faroese general election is held.
- 11 April – the 1924 Danish Folketing election is held.
- 23 April – the Stauning I Cabinet is formed following the Folketing election.
- 18 July – Tisvildeleje railway station opens.
- 1 August – the Institut Jeanne d'Arc is established in Frederiksberg.
- August 9–17 – the 2nd World Scout Jamboree is held in Ermelunden, Denmark.
Sports
- 15 June – The opening match of the first Nordic Football Championship is held at Københavns Idrætspark. The Swedish national team defeats the Danish team 3–2.
- 5–27 July – Denmark competes at the Summer Olympics, winning 9 medals in addition to several medals from the art competition.
- 23 July Esbjerg fB is founded.
Date unknown
- B 1903 wins their second Danish football championship by defeating B 1913 50 in the second replay of the final of the 1923–24 Danish National Football Tournament (after two 11 draws).
Births
January{{ndash}}March
- 7 January Karen Strand, silversmith (died 2000)
April{{ndash}}June
- 24 June John Hansen, football player (died 1990)
July{{ndash}}September
- 18 July Inge Sørensen, swimmer (died 2011)
- 14 August – Holger Juul Hansen, actor (died 2013 in Denmark)
October{{ndash}}December
- 10 November – Klaus Baess, Olympic sailor (died 2018)
- 20 November Karen Harup, swimmer (died 2009)
- 29 November – Erik Balling, TV and film director (died 2005)
- 2 December – Else Marie Pade, composer (died 2016)
- 7 December – Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (a.k.a. Bent Fabric), composer, pianist (died 2020)
- 29 December – Gurli Vibe Jensen, missionary, priest and writer (died 2016)
Deaths
- 18 March – Walter Christmas, author (b. 1861)
- 12 April Frederik Levy, architect (born 1851 in Germany)
- 17 May Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (born 1842)
- 19 September – Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1842)
- 7 December – Rudolph Sophus Bergh, composer (b. 1859)
References
References
- "Christian X: king of Denmark".
- Wold, Mikkel. (2003). "Gurli Vibe Jensen (1924–2016); Vibe Jensen, Gurli".
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