1961 in Denmark

← 1960 1959 1958 1961 in Denmark → 1962 1963 1964
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1961 List of years in Denmark

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX ^[1]
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.

Sports

Badminton

• 14–17 March – All England Badminton Championships
  • Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
  • Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Sports

Badminton

• 14–16 March – All England Badminton Championships
  • Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
  • Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Births

• 3 March – Bodil Jørgensen, actress
• 8 April – Lars Bom, actor
• 22 May – Dan Frost, cyclist
• 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
• 20 July – Tommy Christensen, footballer
• 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
• 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete ^[2]
• 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

Deaths

January–March

• 21 March – Axel Saltom ceramist (born 1889)

April–June

• 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)

July–September

• 11 July – Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
• 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

October–December

• 8 November – Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
• 20 December
  • Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
  • Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)

See also

• 1961 in Danish television

References

1. "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. "Pernille SVARRE - Olympic Modern Pentathlon | Denmark". International Olympic Committee. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2020.