1955 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1955 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1955 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX ^[1]
• Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 29 January), H. C. Hansen

Events

Main article: 1955

Sports

Badminton

• 23–26 March – All England Badminton Championships
  • Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles

Football

• 9 June – AGF wins the 1954–55 Danish Cup by defeating Aalborg Chang 4–0 in the final.

Date unknown

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

Births

January–March

• 1 January – Ole Beich, musician
• 29 March – Jakob B. Madsen, economist

April–Jun

• 14 May – Jan Sørensen, footballer (died 2024)
• 21 May – Poul Mathias Thomsen, economist
• 20 June – Tor Nørretranders, writer

July–September

• 11 July – Søren Sætter-Lassen, actor
• 31 July – Lars Bastrup, footballer
• 26 August
  • Heidi Ryom, dancer (died 2013) ^{[2] [3]}
  • Monica Ritterband, artist and journalist

October–December

• 7 October – Nina Smithm economist
• 16 October – Søren Pilmark, actor
• 15 November – Michael Kvium, painter
• 30 December – Sanne Salomonsen, singer

Deaths

January–March

• 26 January – Holger Nielsenm fencer (born 1866)
• 17 February – Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (born 1886)
• 17 March – Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin, businessman (born 1874)

April–June

• 27 June – Martin A. Hansen, writer (born 1909)

July–September

• 15 July – Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (born 1888)
• 31 July – Sophy A. Christensen, furnituremaker (born 1867)
• 24 September – Jonathan Leunbach, doctor (born 1884)

October–December

• 12 December – Esther Carstensen, women's rights activist and journal editor (born 1873) ^[4]

See also

• 1955 in Danish television

References

1. "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010). "Ryom, Heidi" . The Oxford Dictionary of Dance (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-956344-9 . Retrieved 4 December 2021.
3. Christensen, Anne Middelboe (7 May 2020). "Heidi Ryom". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Esther Carstensen". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 28 November 2019.