1923 in Denmark

← 1922 1921 1920 1923 in Denmark → 1924 1925 1926
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1923 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1923 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian X ^[1]
• Prime minister - Niels Neergaard

Events

Niels Hansen Jacobsen's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in Vejen

• 13 July – Niels Hansen Jacobsen's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in Vejen. ^[2]
• 26 September – Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 6 is first performed in Denmark at the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen. ^[3]

Sports

Undated

• Frem wins their first Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 2–1 in the final of the 1922–23 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

January–March

• 2 January – Poul Volther, furniture designer (d. 2001)

April–June

• 18 April – Leif Panduro, author (died 1977)
• 2 March – Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist (died 2004)
• 9 May – Jørgen Rømer, painter (died 2007)
• 20 June – Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, actor (d. 1998)

July–September

• 3 August – Aage Larsen, rower (died 2016)
• 11 August – Ellen Winther, opera singer (died 2011)
• 19 September – Lily Broberg, actress (died 1989)

October{{ndash]]December

• 6 October – Nanna Ditzel, designer (died 2005)
• 3 November – Astrid Villaume, actress (died 1005)

Deaths

January–March

• 4 January – Anders Andersen-Lundby, painter (born 1841)
• 7 February – Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer (b. 1858)
• 26 March – Olaf Poulsen, comedic stage actor (b. 1849)

April–June

• 3 May – Carl Ryder, Arctic explorer and naval officer (b. 1858)

July–September

• 13 July – Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)
• 22 September – Emma Hørup, schoolteacher, journalist and member of the Danish Women's Society (died 1836)

October–December

• 28 October – Bernhard Ingemann, architect (born (1869)
• 27 November – Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1839)
• 21 December – Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer, anthropologist (b. 1879)

References

1. "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "»En Trold, der vejrer Kristenkød«". Vejen Kunstmuseum (in Danish). Retrieved 8 December 2017.
3. Viinholt Nielsen, Bendt (November 2016). "Langgaard SYMPHONY No 6". issuu.com. Wise Music Classical. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 2 May 2025.