1970 in Denmark

none 1970 Events from the year 1970 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 – Jens Otto Krag Events 2 February – An unofficial 24-hour strike closed all Danish shipyards. The strikers were demanding a one krone an hour increase in wages to compensate for tax increases."Briefly." Times [London, England] 3 Feb. 1970: 24. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Mar. 2014. 6 February – A further 24-hour unofficial strike in the Danish shipyards to protest at the forced resignation of 26 union stewards that had organised the 2 February strike."Denmark." Times [London, England] 10 Feb. 1970: 23. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 Mar. 2014. 1 April – The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform reduces the number of municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolishes the last privileges for market towns. 17 August The University of Copenhagen hosts the opening meeting of the 4th Archeological Congress in Copenhagen. Sports 4 July Mogens Frey wins stage 8 of the 1970 Tour de France. 3–6 September Jørgen Engelbrecht and Niels Henry Secher win gold in M2x at the 1970 World Rowing Championships- Births thumb|120px|Vincent F. Hendricks. thumb|120px|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. thumb|120px|Nicolas Winding Refn. JanuaryMarch 15 January – Sine Bundgaard, opera singer 6 February – Per Frandsen, footballer and manager 24 February – Jason Watt, racing driver 6 March Vincent F. Hendricks, philosopher AprilJune 11 April – Whigfield, musical artist 25 May – Maibritt Saerens, actress 5 June – Claus Norreen, musician JulySeptember 11 July – Frederik Fetterlein, tennis player 20 July – Mette Blomsterberg, pastry cook and television personality 27 July – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, actor and screenwriter 4 August Benny Engelbrecht, politician 18 September Alexandra Mousavizadeh, economist, business executive 29 September – Nicolas Winding Refn, film director OctoberDecember 5 November Niels Frederiksen, football manager 20 November – Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 28 November – Jens Martin Skibsted, designer 17 December Christina Markus Lassen, diplomat 28 December Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, diplomat Deaths JanuaryMarch 4 January – Prince Viggo (76), equestrian sportsman (born 1893) 17 January Karen Callisen, geologist (born 1882) 19 February – Aage Leidersdorff (59), fencer (born 1910) 28 February Vermund Larsen, businessman, company founder (born 1909) AprilJune 14 June – Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist) and count of Knuthenborg (born 1904) OctoberDecember 4 October – Christian Thomas, gymnast (born 1896) 3 November – Fleming Lynge, screenwriter (born 1896) November 30 – Vagn Bennike (82), Army engineer and second world war resistance leader in Jutland (born 1888) See also 1970 in Danish television References 1970 Denmark Category:Years of the 20th century in Denmark Category:1970s in Denmark Category:Danish expatriate businesspeople in the United Kingdom Category:Danish people of English descent