Events from the year 1923 in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch -

Christian X Christian X ( da, Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was List of Danish monarchs, King of Denmark from 1912 to his death in 1947, and the only List of rulers of Iceland, King of Iceland as ...

* Prime minister -

Niels Neergaard Niels Thomasius Neergaard (27 June 1854 – 2 September 1936) was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre. He served as Council President of Denmark between 1908 and 1909 as ...

Events

* 13 July –

Niels Hansen Jacobsen Niels Hansen Jacobsen (September 10, 1861 – November 26, 1941) was a Danish sculptor and ceramist. He is most famous for creating the once controversial sculpture, '' Trold, der vejrer kristenblod''. The name of the statue is taken from a ...

's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in

Vejen Vejen with a population of 10,009 (1 January 2022) is the main town in Vejen Municipality, Denmark. Geography The town is situated in the Danish region of Region of Southern Denmark, Syddanmark and is a railway town at the railway between the ci ...

Sports

Undated

Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has wo ...

wins their first Danish football championship by defeating

Aarhus Gymnastikforening Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. Howeve ...

21 in the final of the

1922–23 Danish National Football Tournament In the 1922/1923 Danish National Football Tournament, Boldklubben Frem won the championship. Province tournament First round * IK Viking Rønne 0-1 Frederiksborg IF Second round * Frederiksborg IF 3-1 Boldklubben 1901 *Boldklubben 1913 3-3 A ...

Births

* 2 January –

Poul Volther Poul M. Volther (2 January 1923 – 23 January 2001) was a Danish furniture designer who is remembered above all for his iconic Corona Chair. He succeeded Børge Mogensen as artistic director of FDB Møbler in 1950. Early life First trained ...

, furniture designer (d. 2001) * 2 March

Rasmus Nellemann Rasmus Nellemann (2 March 1923 – 4 September 2004) was a Danish painter and illustrator. He is remembered in particular for his many abstract art, abstract postage stamp designs. Biography Born in Millinge near Fåborg on the island of Funen, Ne ...

m painter and graphic artist (died 2004) * 9 May Jørgen Rømer, painter (died 2007) * 20 June –

Bjørn Watt-Boolsen Bjørn Watt-Boolsen (20 June 1923 – 28 December 1998) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1998. He was born in Rudkøbing, Denmark and died in Denmark. He was married to actress Lis Løwert. They married on 2 ...

, actor (d.

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

) * 3 August

Aage Larsen Aage Ernst Larsen (3 August 1923 – 31 October 2016) was a Danish rower who specialized in the double scull A double scull is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat b ...

, rower (died

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

) * 11 August

Ellen Winther Ellen Winther Lembourn (née Sørensen; 11 August 1933, Århus – 13 August 2011) was a Danish opera singer, best known internationally for her participation in the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest. Winther trained as an opera singer and made h ...

, opera singer (died 2011) * 6 October Nanna Ditzel, designer (died 2005)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

* 4 January Anders Andersen-Lundby, painter (born

1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...

) * 7 February –

Kristine Marie Jensen Kristine Marie Jensen, better known in Denmark as Frøken Jensen, (1858–1923) was a Danish housekeeper and cookbook writer. She is remembered in particular as the author of the early Danish cookbook '' Frøken Jensens Kogebog'' ("Miss Jensen's C ...

, cookbook writer (b.

1858 Events January–March * January – ** Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. ** William I of Prussia becomes regen ...

) * 26 March –

Olaf Poulsen Olaf Poulsen (26 April 1849 – 26 March 1923) was perhaps the best-known Danish comedic stage actor of his time. He was famous for playing such roles as Nick Bottom in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and Falstaff, among others for the Royal Danish ...

, comedic stage actor (b.

1849 Events January–March * January 1 – France begins issue of the Ceres series, the nation's first postage stamps. * January 5 – Hungarian Revolution of 1848: The Austrian army, led by Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, enters in th ...

)

AprilJune

* 3 May –

Carl Ryder 200px, Schooner '' Fylla'' in Copenhagen harbour Carl Hartvig Ryder (12 September 1858 – 3 May 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Biography Carl Ryder was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Frederik Valentiner Ryder (1821 ...

, Arctic explorer and naval officer (b.

)

JulySeptember

* 13 July – Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)

OctoberDecember

* 27 November –

Tage Reedtz-Thott Kjeld Thor Tage Otto, Baron, Friherre Reedtz-Thott (13 March 1839 – 27 November 1923), was a Denmark, Danish politician, landowner and member of the Højre political party. He was Council President of Denmark from 1894 to 1897 as the leade ...

, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b.

1839 Events January–March * January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre. * January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years. * January 9 – ...

) * 21 December –

Knud Rasmussen Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studie ...

, polar explorer, anthropologist (b. 1879)

References

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