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1947 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Christian X (until 20 April), Frederik IX
  • Prime minister – Knud Kristensen (until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft

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

Swimming

Other

  • 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 23 February Pia Kjærsgaard, politician

April{{ndash}}June

  • 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer
  • 30 April Birthe Neumann, actor

July{{ndash}}September

  • 12 July Anne Marie Løn, author
  • 16 July Anders Koppel, musician
  • 4 September Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician
  • 27 September Jesper Tørring, athlete

October{{ndash}}December

  • 27 December Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, businessman and investor

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

  • 4 January Hanna Adler, educator (born 1859)
  • 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)
  • 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947 (born 1874)
  • 4 May Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker (born 1872)
  • 3 June 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)
  • 2 August Sonja Hauberg, writer (born 1918)

References

References

  1. "Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
  2. (2014). "Heads of States and Governments Since 1945". Routledge.
  3. "Christian X {{!}} king of Denmark".
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