1950 in Denmark

none August 2020 1950 Events from the year 1950 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 (until 30 October), Erik Eriksen Events 9 January – Denmark becomes one of the first European countries to recognize the People's Republic of China.Christopher Bo Bramsen Peace and friendship: Denmark's official relations with China, 1674–2000 https://books.google.com/books?id=NiW-uogYXQMC&pg=PA6 87-87062-82-8 2000 8 May The Tollund Man is discovered. 14 March The 1950 Danish local elections are held. 27 May The Ministry of Defence is established. 5 September The 1950 Danish Folketing election is held. November The last Danish collaborator trial sentences are passed. Date unknown The Colony of Greenland is formed through the merger of North Greenland and South Greenland. Sports 2027 August Denmark wins one gold medal, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships. Badminton 14 March All England Badminton Championships Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Single at the All England Badminton Championships. Jørn Skaarup and Preben Dabelsteen wins gold in Men's Doubles Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles Births AprilJune 23 April Holger K. Nielsen, politician 15 May Jørgen Marcussen, cuclist 26 May – Esben Storm, Danish-Australian screenwriter, director and actor (died 2011) 7 June Ebbe Nielsen, entomologist (died 2001) JulySeptember 20 July Charlotte Hanmann, photographer 20 July Charlotte Hanmann, photographer and painter 25 July Leif Davidsen, author and journalist 2 August – Jussi Adler-Olsen, crime fiction writer OctoberDecember 10 November Troels Wörsel, painter (died 2018) 14 November Lars Muhl, singer 30 December Bjarne Stroustrup, computer scientist Deaths thumb|120px|Johannes V. Jensen. JanuaryMarch 11 January – Karin Michaëlis, journalist and author (born 1872) 1 February Peter Holm, museum director (born 1873) 16 February – Johannes Hjelmslev, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the Hjelmslev transformation (born 1873) AprilJune 11 April Ingeborg Pehrson, asctress (died 1886) 16 April Anders Peter Nielsen, sport shooter (born 1867) 9 May – Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter (born 1893) 26 May – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games (born 1874) 5 June – Rudolph Tegner, sculptor linked with the Symbolist movement (born 1873) JulySeptember 7 July Niels Bukh, gymnast and educator (born 1880) 3 August – Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (born 1872) 10 September – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (born 1890) OctoberDecember 3 October – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (born 1869) 31 October Ove Jørgensen, classical scholar (born 1877) 19 November Aage Redal, actor (born 1891) 25 November – Johannes V. Jensen, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (born 1873) Full date unknown Per Sax Møller, silversmith References 20th century 1950 expanded Denmark Category:Years of the 20th century in Denmark Category:1950s in Denmark Category:1950 in Europe