1957 in Denmark

none August 2020 1957 Events from the year 1957 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 – H. C. Hansen Events 3 March - Denmark places third in Eurovision Song Contest Sports Badminton 2025 March All England Badminton Championships Anni Hammergaard Hansen and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Women's Doubles Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles. Football 28 April AGF wins the 1956–57 Danish Cup by defeating Esbjerg fB 20 in the final. Date unknown Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) and Jean Roth (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Births thumb|120px|Preben Elkjær. JanuaryMarch 31 January – Henrik Dam Kristensen, politician 17 February Lars Brygmann, actor 30 March – Stig L. Andersson, landscape architect AprilJune 6 April – Jesper Bank, sailor 28 April – Tøger Seidenfaden, journalist, editor-in-chief of Politiken (died 2011) 9 May – Kristian Levring, film director 17 May – Peter Høeg, writer of fiction JulySeptember 11 September – Preben Elkjær, footballer OctoberDecember 5 October – Jakob Nielsen, computer scientist 20 November Torben Andersen, economist John Eriksen, footballer (died 2002) 13 December – Lars Schwander, photographer, gallerist Deaths thumb|120px| Thit Jensen. thumb|120px|Aksel Jørgensen. JanuaryMarch 2 January – Søren Absalon Larsen, physicist active in the field of electroacoustics; the Larsen effect was named after him (born 1871) 6 January Viggo Larsen, film actor, director and producer (born 1880) AprilJune 14 April – Thorvald Madsen, physician and bacteriologist (born 1870) 18 April – Jens Laursøn Emborg, organist and composer (born 1876) 6 May – Ebbe Kornerup, writer and painter (born 1874) 9 May – Inger Margrethe Boberg, folklore researcher and writer (born 1900)http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/170/origin/170/ Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Inger Boberg 2003-05-15 kvinfo.dk 2017-10-22 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050237/http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/170/origin/170/ live 14 May – Thit Jensen, novelist and author of short stories, plays and society critical articles (born 1876) 21 May – Jens Søndergaard, painter (born 1895) 26 May Peter Bang, engineer (born 1900) 9 June – Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (born 1883) 17 June – Olaf Rude, painter (born 1886) JulySeptember 5 July – Magdalene Lauridsen, educator (born 1873) 28 August – Erik Tuxen, conductor, composer and arranger (born 1902) 2 September – Peter Freuchen, explorer, writer and traveller (born 1886) Date unknown Axel Andersen Byrval, amateur football player and manager, national football team manager 1913–15 and 1917–18 (born 1875) See also 1957 in Danish television References 20th century 1957 expanded Denmark Category:Years of the 20th century in Denmark Category:1950s in Denmark