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1921 In Denmark
Events from the year 1921 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Niels Neergaard Events * May The departure of the 5yh Thule Expedition. Sports * 30 March Lyngby Boldklub is founded. * 21 August Gentofte-Vangede Idrætsforening is founded. Cycling * 30 July – 8 August The 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. ** Henry Brask Andersen wins gold, Erik Kjeldsen wins silver and Johan Normann wins bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event. * 4 August The 1921 UCI Road World Championships are held in Copenhagen ** Willum Nielsen wins silver in Men's amateur road race. Football * AB wins its second Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 30 in the final of the 1920–21 Danish National Football Tournament. Births JanuaryMarch * 14 March – Lis Hartel, equestrian athlete (died 2009) * 16 March – Jens Bjerre, Danish author, filmmaker and explorer (died 2020) AprilJune * 28 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian X Of Denmark
Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, in the form of a personal union rather than a real union between 1918 and 1944. He was a member of the House of Glücksburg, a branch of the House of Oldenburg, and the first monarch since King Frederick VII born into the Danish royal family; both his father and his grandfather were born as princes of a ducal family from Schleswig. Among his siblings was King Haakon VII of Norway. His son became Frederick IX of Denmark. His character has been described as authoritarian and he strongly stressed the importance of royal dignity and power. His reluctance to fully embrace democracy resulted in the Easter Crisis of 1920, in which he dismissed the democratically elected Social Liberal cabinet with which he disagreed, and installed one of his own choosing. This was in accordance wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
