1937 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1937 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
[edit]- 18 May – The state national police force Rigspolitiet – under command of one chief of police – begins operations.[2]
- 26 September – The Storstrøm Bridge is inaugurated.
- 14 December – Many documents from the National Archives of Denmark, the Royal Danish Library and Copenhagen University Library relating to Norwegian conditions are transferred to Norway.[2]
Sports
[edit]Cycling
[edit]- 21–29 August – The 1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
- Kees Pellenaars (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
[edit]- AB wins their third Danish football championship by winning the 1936–37 Danish Championship League.
Births
[edit]January–March
[edit]- 14 January – Erland Kops, badminton player (died 2017)
- 1 February – Anders Bodelsenm author (died 2021)
- 23 March Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1769)
April–June
[edit]- 14 June – Jørgen Leth, film director, writer, poet
October–December
[edit]- 3 December – Søren Krarup, pastor, writer and politician (died 2023)
- 14 December – Aino Kann Rasmussen, h archaeologist, curator
- 29 December – Ursula Munch-Petersen, ceramist
Deaths
[edit]- 8 February – Martin Borch, architect (born 1852)
- 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877)
- 23 March – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1870)
- 30 December – Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company (born 1852)
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b "1937" (in Danish). Selskabet for Københavns Historie. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
