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The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.


Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederick IX * Prime minister –
Viggo Kampmann Olfert Viggo Fischer Kampmann (; 21 July 1910 – 3 June 1976) was a Danish politician who served as the leader of the Danish Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark from 1960 to 1962. He formed his first cabinet just prior to the 1960 el ...


Events

* 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.


Sports


Badminton

* 1417 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 ...
**
Erland Kops Erland Kops (14 January 1937 – 18 February 2017) was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Early life Kops was born in 1937. His uncles were ...
wins gold in Men's Singles ** Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles ** Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.


Sports


Badminton

* 1416 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 ...
**
Erland Kops Erland Kops (14 January 1937 – 18 February 2017) was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Early life Kops was born in 1937. His uncles were ...
wins gold in Men's Singles ** Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.


Births

* 3 March
Bodil Jørgensen Bodil Jørgensen (born 3 March 1961) is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in 40 films since 1992. She starred in ''The Idiots'', which was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. On 18 June 2014, Jørgensen was severely injured while s ...
, actress * 8 April
Lars Bom Lars Bom (Olesen) (born 8 April 1961) is a Danish actor, educated at The Danish National School of Theatre in 1985. Lars Bom has worked in various roles in Theatre, Film and Television, and won the Best Actor award at the Italian Fantafestival ...
, actor * 22 May
Dan Frost Dan Frost (born 22 May 1961 in Frederiksberg, Hovedstaden) is a retired male track cyclist from Denmark, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's points race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. His other major ...
, cyclist * 28 May –
Frank Jensen Frank Jensen (born 28 May 1961) is a former Danish politician of the Danish Social Democrats who served as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen between 1 January 2010 and 19 October 2020. He was Minister for Research 27 September 1994 to 30 December 1996 i ...
, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen * 20 July Tommy Christensen, footballer * 26 September –
Charlotte Fich Charlotte Fich (born 26 September 1961) is a Danish stage, film and television actress. She is most often recognized for her role as police officer Ingrid Dahl in the Emmy awarded (2002) Danish television series '' Unit One'' (Danish: ''Rejseh ...
, actress * 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete * 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager


Deaths


JanuaryMarch

* 21 March
Axel Salto Axel Johannes Salto (17 November 1889 – 21 March 1961) was a Danish ceramic artist of international fame. His works also include painting, graphic design and illustrations for books, jewelry and textiles. As author and founder of the art magazi ...
m ceramist (born
1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in t ...
)


AprilJune

* 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)


JulySeptember

* 11 July
Elof Risebye Elof Christian Risebye (3 April 1892 – 11 July 1961) was a Danish painter. He became known as the "painter of grief" (''sorgens maler'') for his paintings of coffins and corpses in the 1930s. Biography Born in the Frederiksberg district of Co ...
, painter (born
1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...
) * 18 September –
Hans Denver Hans Peter Christian Denver (28 October 1876 – 18 September 1961) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Osted, Lejre, and died in Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is ...
, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born
1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs is ...
)


OctoberDecember

* 8 November Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885) * 20 December **
Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. La ...
, nature painter (born
1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...
) **
Johan Frederik Steffensen Johan Frederik Steffensen (28 February 1873, in Copenhagen – 20 December 1961) was a Danish mathematician, statistician, and actuary who did research in the fields of calculus of finite differences and interpolation. He was professor of a ...
, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the
University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala Unive ...
1923–43 (born
1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defe ...
)


See also

*
1961 in Danish television This is a list of Danish television related events from 1961. Events *19 February - Dario Campeotto is selected to represent Denmark at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with his song " Angelique". He is selected to be the fifth Danish Eurovision ...


References

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