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1968 in Denmark

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1968 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1968 in Denmark.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Frederik IX
  • Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag

Events

  • 12 February The Balle Hoard is discovered in Balle near Grenå.
  • 7 June The Original Legoland opens.

Sports

  • August – Ole Ritter becomes the first non-Italian to win the Trofeo Matteotti.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

  • 7 February – Katja K, former pornographic actress
  • 12 February – Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, economist and author

April{{ndash}}June

King Frederik X
  • 13 April – Margrethe Vestager, politician
  • 17 April Julie Fagerholt, fashion designer
  • 26 May – Frederik X, King of Denmark
  • 19 June – Peter Tanev, weather presenter and author

July{{ndash}}September

  • 30 July – Sofie Gråbøl, actress
  • 2 August Thomas Lund, badminton player
  • 10 August – Lene Rantala, handball player{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/lene-rantala-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/lene-rantala-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020
  • 22 August – Casper Christensen, comedian
  • 27 August Johnny Bredahl, boxer
  • 13 September Ole Bjur, footballer

October{{ndash}}December

  • 21 November – Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, businessman
  • 22 November – Sidse Babett Knudsen, actress
  • 2 December Jan Grarup, photographer
  • 25 December – Helena Christensen, model

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

  • 18 January – Adam Fischer, sculptor (born 1888)
  • 4 March – Ellen Price, actress and ballerina (born 1878)
  • 20 March – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director (born 1889)

April{{ndash}}June

  • 19 April – Poul Reumert, actor (born 1883)
  • 8 May – Ernst Hansen, painter (born 1892)
  • 21 June – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, actress (born 1895)

July{{ndash}}September

  • 3 September – Carl Pedersen, rower (born 1884)

October{{ndash}}December

  • 18 October – Eyvin Andersen, composer (born 1914 in the United States)
  • 8 December – Anders Petersen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

References

References

  1. "Frederick IX: king of Denmark".
  2. "Sølvskatten fra Balle og Christian IV's møntpolitik".
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