1936 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1936 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
[edit]- 1–16 August – Denmark participates in the 1936 Summer Olympics and wins five medals.
- 22 September – The 1936 Landsting elections are held.
Undated
[edit]- The political party Danish Unity is established.
- The Viborg Handball Club is established.[2]
Sports
[edit]Cycling
[edit]- Albert Billiet (BEL) and Werner Grundahl Hansen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Jan Pijnenburg (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) and win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
[edit]- Grem wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1935–36 Danish Championship League.
Births
[edit]January–March
[edit]- 4 February – Wilhelm Hansen, businessman and art collector (born 1868)
- 13 March – Finn Kobberø, badminton player (d. 2009)
April–June
[edit]- 28 April – John Tchicai, jazz musician and composer (d. 2012)
- 30 June – Flemming Flindt, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
July–September
[edit]- 17 September – Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
October–December
[edit]- 1 November – Mimi Heinrich, actress and writer (d. 2017)
- 30 November – Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (d. 1960)
- 7 December – Annette Stroyberg, actress (d. 2005)
Deaths
[edit]January–March
[edit]- 3 February – Heinrich Wenck, architect (born 1851)
- 22 January – Louis Glass, composer (b. 1864)
- 22 February – Johan Skjoldborg, novelist, playwright and memoirist (b. 1861)
April–June
[edit]- 23 April – Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (b. 1869)
July–September
[edit]- 3 August – Carl William Hansen, author, Luciferian, wandering bishop and occultist (b. 1872)
- 2 September – Niels Neergaard, politician (born 1854)
- 27 September – Hans Peter Prior, industrialist (born 1866)
October–December
[edit]- 9 October – Carl Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (b. 1869)
- 22 October – Hedevig Quiding, singer and music critic (b. 1867)
- 24 November – J. A. D. Jensen, naval officer and Arctic explorer (b. 1849)
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Viborg HK - Historie". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
