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1956 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederik IX
Prime minister – H. C. Hansen

Events

Main article: 1956

Sports

Badminton

17 March Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double at the All England Badminton Championships

Cycling

27 Augustus - 2 September The 1956 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.

Football

2 June BK Frem wins the 1955–56 Danish Cup by defeating AB 10 in the final.

Date unknown

Dominique Forlini (FRA) and Georges Senfftleben (FRA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Gerrit Schulte (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

13 March – John Frandsen, composer
18 March – Allan Olsen, folkrock musician and singer-songwriter
8 April – Peter Aalbæk Jensen, film producer
30 April – Lars von Trier, director and screenwriter
19 May Susanne Augustesen, football player
30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager
29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
19 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect
30 December – Jes Holtsø, actor

Date unknown

Kristine Jensen, landscape architect

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

13 February Richard Olsen, rower (born 1911)
7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873)

April{{ndash}}June

30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904)

July{{ndash}}September

21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of symbolist painting (born 1872)
25 July – Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (born 1873)
31 August Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (born 1872)

October{{ndash}}December

30 November – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (born 1874)
5 December – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

References

"Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
(15 May 2003). "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Estrid Hein".

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