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1929 In Denmark
Events from the year 1929 in Denmark. Incumbents * Monarch – Christian X * Prime minister – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (until 30 April), Thorvald Stauning Events Sports * 14 May KFUM Roskilde is founded. Date unknown * B 93 wins their third Danish football championship at the 1928–29 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen. Births * 8 January – Poul Kjærholm, furniture designer (died 1980) * 13 January – Villy Sørensen, philosopher and writer (died 2001) * 3 April – Poul Schlüter, politician (died 2021) * 16 May – Holger Hansen, politician (died 2015) * 28 May – Bent Christensen (director), film director (died 1992) * 25 June – Benny Schmidt, modern pentathlete * 11 July – Anne Wolden-Ræthinge, journalist (died 2016) * 3 October – Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choreographer, company director, actor (died 1986) * 7 November – Benny Andersen, poet (died 2018) Deaths JanuaryMarch * 3 February – Agner Krarup Erlang, mathematician (born 1878) * 4 March – Pete ... [...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] |
