Events from the year 1947 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 ...

(until 20 April), Frederick IX * Prime minister –

Knud Kristensen Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 – 28 September 1962) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. After the October 1945 e ...

(until 13 November),

Hans Hedtoft Hans Hedtoft Hansen (21 April 1903 – 29 January 1955) was a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1947 to 1950 and again from 1953 until his death in 1955. He also served as the first President ...

Events

* 20 April – King

dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, King Frederick IX. * 13 November – Prime Minister

resigns following a

motion of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

, and is replaced by

Sports

Football

* Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.

Swimming

* 1014 September Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the

1947 European Aquatics Championships The 1947 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 10–14 September 1947 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of E ...

Other

* 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.

Births

* 29 April –

Jacob Holdt Jacob Holdt (born 29 April 1947) is a Danish photographer, writer and lecturer. His mammoth work, ''American Pictures'', gained international fame in 1977 for its effective photographic revelations about the hardships of America's lower classes. ...

, photographer

Deaths

* 10 January –

August Blom August Blom (26 December 1869 – 10 January 1947) was a Danish film director, producer, and pioneer of silent films during the "golden age" of Danish filmmaking from 1910 to 1914. Career Blom began his acting career in 1893 in Kolding, and was ...

, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born 1869) * 15 January –

Georg Carl Amdrup Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup (Copenhagen, Denmark, November 19, 1866 – Copenhagen, January 15, 1947), RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher. Career In 1884, Amdrup, of the Royal Danish Navy, was sent to ...

, admiral, polar explorer (born

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman tr ...

) * 20 April –

, King of Denmark (born

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...

) * 29 April –

Ove Paulsen Ove Vilhelm Paulsen (22 March 1874 – 29 April 1947) was a Danish botanist. Biography Paulsen was born at Aarhus, Denmark. He studied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming (1841-1924). Paulsen was a keeper at the Bot ...

, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

1920–1947 (born

1874 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...

) * 4 May

Cathrine Horsbøl Cathrine Mathilde Horsbøl (10 June 1872 – 4 May 1947) was one of Denmark's earliest female master carpenters and furniture designers. Always keen to learn carpentry, she joined a workshop in Ribe when she was 13 and trained further at Aksel ...

, firmotiremaker (born

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

) * 25 June –

Oluf Olsson Oluf Olsson (30 May 1873 – 25 June 1947) was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1906 Intercalated Games, the 1908 Summer Olympics, and the 1912 Summer Olympics. At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athí ...

, gymnast, silver medallist at the

1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...

, bronze medallist at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

(born 1873)

References

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