Events from the year 1952 in

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Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick IX * Prime minister –

Erik Eriksen Erik Eriksen (20 November 1902 – 7 October 1972) was a Denmark, Danish politician, who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1950 to 1953 and as the fourth President of the Nordic Council in 1956. Eriksen was leader of the Denmark, Dan ...

Events

Sports

Badminton

* 711 March

All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England. With the introduction of the BWF's latest grading system, it was given Super Series status in 2007, upgraded to Super Series Premie ...

Tonny Ahm Tonny Kristine Ahm (f. Olsen) (21 September 1914 – 7 April 1993) was a female badminton player from Denmark. She won 26 Danish National Championships between 1935 and 1957. She won eleven events at the prestigious All-England Championsh ...

wins gold in Women's Single at the

. **

and Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen wins gold in Women's Double **

Poul Holm Poul Holm is a former Danish badminton player. He won five All England titles and four Danish singles titles. Medal Record at the All England Badminton Championships The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminto ...

and

win gold in Mixed Fouble

Births

* 29 February – Orla Østerby, politician * 3 April – Orla Hav, politician * 27 April –

Ole Svendsen Ole Svendsen (born 27 April 1952 in Aalborg, Nordjylland) is a retired male welterweight boxer from Denmark. Biography He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Svendsen was eliminated in the first round by Seych ...

, welterweight boxer * 11 June – Anne Birgitte Lundholt, politician and businessperson * 19 June – Poul Nesgaard, television personality, director of the

National Film School of Denmark The National Film School of Denmark ( da, Den Danske Filmskole) is an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It was established in 1966 and is based on Holmen in the harbour of Copenhagen. History The National ...

* 15 December –

Allan Simonsen Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barc ...

, footballer, 1977 European Footballer of the Year * 23 December – Hans Abrahamsen, composer

Deaths

* 18 April –

Agnes Smidt Agnes Smidt (1874–1952) was a Danish painter who is also remembered for supporting Danish culture in Southern Jutland while it was under German rule. Brought up in a Grundtvigian family, in 1915 she adopted five orphaned children and through he ...

, painter and cultural activist (born 1874) * 22 May – Liva Weel, actress (born 1897) * 4 June –

Rasmus Harboe Rasmus Harboe (25 October 1868 in Skælskør - 4 June 1952 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish sculptor. He was a frequent collaborator with several of the leading Danish architects of his time, including Martin Nyrop. Early life and educatiobn Harboe ...

, sculptor (born

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

) * 10 July –

Rued Langgaard Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years afte ...

, composer and organist (born

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

) * 7 November – Christian Nielsen, sailor, silver medallist at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

(born 1873)

Date unknown

* August Hesselbo, pharmaceutical botanist and bryologist (born 1874)

References

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