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1950 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1950 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederik IX
Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 30 October), Erik Eriksen

Events

9 January – Denmark becomes one of the first European countries to recognize the People's Republic of China.

Sports

2027 August Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.

Badminton

14 March All England Badminton Championships
- Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Single at the All England Badminton Championships.
- Jørn Skaarup and Preben Dabelsteen wins gold in Men's Doubles
- Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles
- Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles

Births

23 April Holger K. Nielsen, politician
26 May – Esben Storm, Danish-Australian screenwriter, director and actor (died 2011)
20 July Charlotte Hanmann, photographer
25 July Leif Davidsen, author and journalist
2 August – Jussi Adler-Olsen, crime fiction writer
10 November Troels Wörsel, painter (died 2018)

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

11 January – Karin Michaëlis, journalist and author (born 1872)
16 February – Johannes Hjelmslev, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the Hjelmslev transformation (born 1873)

April{{ndash}}June

16 April Anders Peter Nielsen, sport shooter (born 1867)
9 May – Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter (born 1893)
26 May – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games (born 1874)
5 June – Rudolph Tegner, sculptor linked with the Symbolist movement (born 1873)

July{{ndash}}September

3 August – Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (born 1872)
10 September – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (born 1890)

October{{ndash}}December

3 October – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (born 1869)
31 October Ove Jørgensen, classical scholar (born 1877)
25 November – Johannes V. Jensen, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (born 1873)

Full date unknown

Per Sax Møller, silversmith

References

"Frederick IX: king of Denmark".
Christopher Bo Bramsen. (2000). "Peace and friendship: Denmark's official relations with China, 1674–2000".

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