1949 in Denmark

none August 2020 1949 Events from the year 1949 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IXFrederick IX king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-IX Encyclopedia Britannica 16 June 2019 en Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft Events 30 March – Prince Harald, uncle of King Frederik IX, dies in Copenhagen at age 72, following two years of illness. Sport Badminton 5 March Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships. Cycling 2228 August The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. Knud Andersen wins gold in Men's individual pursuit. Football KB wins the 1948–49 Danish 1st Division. It is their 10th Danish football championship. Births thumb|120px|Morten Olsen. JanuaryMarch 4 January Torben Hardenberg, goldsmith 27 January – Per Røntved, footballer (died 2023) 27 March – Poul Ruders, composer AprilJune 22 April – Per Bak Jensen, photographer JulySeptember 14 August – Morten Olsen, football player 14 September – Tommy Seebach, singer, composer, and keyboardist (died 2003) OctoberDecember 5 October – Thomas Clausen, jazz pianist 11 December – Peter Brixtofte, politician (died 2016) 19 December – Sebastian, singer, guitarist and composer Deaths thumb|120px|Robert Storm Petersen. JanuaryMarch 3 February Harald Simonsen, businessman (born 1873) 25 February Edvard Nielsen-Stevns, writer (born 1880) 6 March – Robert Storm Petersen, cartoonist, painter, inventor, writer (born 1882) 30 March – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (born 1876) AprilJune 27 May – Martin Knudsen, physicist and researcher after whom the Knudsen gas state, the Knudsen number, and the Knudsen layer are named (born 1871) 28 June – Laurits Larsen, Olympic sport shooter and bronze medalist (born 1872) JulySeptember 10 August Birger Wøllner Gaarn, composer and organist (born 1881) 21 August Ole Falkentorp, architect (born 1886) 13 September – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (born 1874) 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, composer (born 1881) OctoberDecember 7 November Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (born 1886) 12 November – Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (born 1859) 22 December Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (born 1897) References 20th century 1949 expanded Denmark Category:Years of the 20th century in Denmark Category:1940s in Denmark Category:1949 in Europe