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1957 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1957 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

  • 3 March - Denmark places third in Eurovision Song Contest

Sports

Badminton

  • 2025 March All England Badminton Championships
    • Anni Hammergaard Hansen and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Women's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles.

Football

Date unknown

  • Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) and Jean Roth (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 31 January – Henrik Dam Kristensen, politician
  • 17 February Lars Brygmann, actor
  • 30 March – Stig L. Andersson, landscape architect

April{{ndash}}June

  • 6 April – Jesper Bank, sailor
  • 28 April – Tøger Seidenfaden, journalist, editor-in-chief of Politiken (died 2011)
  • 9 May – Kristian Levring, film director
  • 17 May – Peter Høeg, writer of fiction

July{{ndash}}September

  • 11 September – Preben Elkjær, footballer
  • 5 October – Jakob Nielsen, computer scientist
  • 20 November – John Eriksen, John Eriksen (died 2002)
  • 13 December – Lars Schwander, photographer, gallerist

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

  • 2 January – Søren Absalon Larsen, physicist active in the field of electroacoustics; the Larsen effect was named after him (born 1871)

April{{ndash}}June

  • 14 April – Thorvald Madsen, physician and bacteriologist (born 1870)
  • 18 April – Jens Laursøn Emborg, organist and composer (born 1876)
  • 6 May – Ebbe Kornerup, writer and painter (born 1874)
  • 9 May – Inger Margrethe Boberg, folklore researcher and writer (born 1900)
  • 14 May – Thit Jensen, novelist and author of short stories, plays and society critical articles (born 1876)
  • 21 May – Jens Søndergaard, painter (born 1895)
  • 26 May Peter Bang, engineer (born 1900)
  • 9 June – Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (born 1883)
  • 17 June – Olaf Rude, painter (born 1886)

July{{ndash}}September

  • 5 July – Magdalene Lauridsen, educator (born 1873)
  • 28 August – Erik Tuxen, conductor, composer and arranger (born 1902)
  • 2 September – Peter Freuchen, explorer, writer and traveller (born 1886)

Date unknown

  • Axel Andersen Byrval, amateur football player and manager, national football team manager 1913–15 and 1917–18 (born 1875)

References

References

  1. "Frederick IX: king of Denmark".
  2. (2003-05-15). "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Inger Boberg".
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