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1959 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

  • 7 January MS Hans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland.
  • 14 January M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb.
  • 30 January M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.

Sports

Date unknown

  • Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 14 January Lars Høgh, footballer
  • 18 January Bjarne Henriksen, actor
  • 25 February Poul Erik Tøjner, art historian and museum director

April{{ndash}}June

  • 2 April – John Lauridsen, footballer
  • 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director
  • 22 May – Kenneth Brylle, footballer
  • 5 June – Jesper Worre, cyclist

July{{ndash}}September

  • 22 August Pia Gjellerup, politician
  • 25 August Christian Kettel Thomsen, governor of Danmarks Nationalbank
  • 20 September Mona Juul, politician

October{{ndash}}December

  • 8 October Erik Gundersen, speedway driver
  • 13 November Lene Hau, physicist
  • 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician
  • 26 December Hans Nielsen, speedway rider

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

  • 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)

April{{ndash}}June

  • 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871)
  • 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875)
  • 30 April Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (born 1885)

July{{ndash}}September

  • 8 August Harald Christensen, wrestler (born 1884)
  • 18 August Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (born 1886)
  • 19 August Gudrun Bjørner, teacher and politician (born 1898)
  • 28 August Kay Bojesen, designer (born 1889)
  • 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)
  • 20 September William Scharff, painter (born 1886)

October{{ndash}}December

  • 9 December – John Olsen, film producer (born 1888)
  • 13 December – Ingrid Vang Nyman, illustrator (born 1916)

References

References

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