1950 in Denmark

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Denmark → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1950 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1950 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX ^[1]
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 30 October), Erik Eriksen

Events

• 9 January – Denmark becomes one of the first European countries to recognize the People's Republic of China. ^[2]
• 8 May – The Tollund Man is discovered.
• 14 March – The 1950 Danish local elections are held.
• 27 May – The Ministry of Defence is established.
• 5 September – The 1950 Danish Folketing election is held.
• November – The last [[Danish collaborator trials|Danish collaborator trial sentences[[ are passed.

Date unknown

• The Colony of Greenland is formed through the merger of North Greenland and South Greenland.

Sports

• 20–27 August– Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.

Badminton

• 1–4 March – All England Badminton Championships
  • Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Single at the All England Badminton Championships.
  • Jørn Skaarup and Preben Dabelsteen wins gold in Men's Doubles
  • Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles
  • Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles

Births

April–June

• 23 April – Holger K. Nielsen, politician
• 15 May – Jørgen Marcussen, cuclist
• 26 May – Esben Storm, Danish-Australian screenwriter, director and actor (died 2011)
• 7 June – Ebbe Nielsen, entomologist (died 2001)

July–September

• 20 July – Charlotte Hanmann, photographer
• 20 July – Charlotte Hanmann, photographer and painter
• 25 July – Leif Davidsen, author and journalist
• 2 August – Jussi Adler-Olsen, crime fiction writer

October–December

• 10 November – Troels Wörsel, painter (died 2018)
• 14 November – Lars Muhl, singer
• 30 December – Bjarne Stroustrup, computer scientist

Deaths

Johannes V. Jensen.

January–March

• 11 January – Karin Michaëlis, journalist and author (born 1872)
• 1 February – Peter Holm, museum director (born 1873)
• 16 February – Johannes Hjelmslev, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the Hjelmslev transformation (born 1873)

April–June

• 16 April – Anders Peter Nielsen, sport shooter (born 1867)
• 9 May – Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter (born 1893)
• 26 May – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games (born 1874)
• 5 June – Rudolph Tegner, sculptor linked with the Symbolist movement (born 1873)

July–September

• 3 August – Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (born 1872)
• 10 September – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (born 1890)

October–December

• 3 October – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (born 1869)
• 31 October – Ove Jørgensen, classical scholar (born 1877)
• 19 November – Aage Redal, actor (born 1891)
• 25 November – Johannes V. Jensen, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (born 1873)

Full date unknown

• Per Sax Møller, silversmith

References

1. "Frederick IX: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. Christopher Bo Bramsen (2000). "Peace and friendship: Denmark's official relations with China, 1674–2000". ISBN   87-87062-82-8.