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1949 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1949 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Frederik IX
  • Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft

Events

  • 30 March – Prince Harald, uncle of King Frederik IX, dies in Copenhagen at age 72, following two years of illness.

Sport

Badminton

Cycling

Football

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 4 January 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 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 Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (born 1886)
  • 12 November – Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (born 1859)
  • 22 December Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (born 1897)

References

References

  1. "Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
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