1929 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch - HM Christian XChristian X of DenmarkChristian X was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland between 1918 and 1944....
- Prime minister - Thomas Madsen-MygdalThomas Madsen-MygdalThomas Madsen-Mygdal was Prime Minister of Denmark from 14 December 1926 to 30 April 1929, as leader of a Liberal Party government...
(until 30 April), Thorvald StauningThorvald StauningThorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942....
Births
- 8 January – Poul Kjærholm, furniture designer (died 19801980 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen-Births:* 28 February – Christian Poulsen, football player* October 25 – Ditte Jensen, freestyle swimmer-Deaths:...
) - 13 January – Villy SørensenVilly SørensenVilly Sørensen was a Danish short-story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophical ideas, and he has been compared to Franz Kafka in this regard...
, philosopher and writer (died 20012001 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , Anders Fogh Rasmussen-Events:* 15 May - Copenhagen Malmö Port as a trans-national port authority in the Øresund Region is established, the official opening ceremony is held on 15 May.-Deaths:* 24...
) - 28 May – Bent Christensen (director), film director (died 19921992 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter-Events:* May 30 - The Danish national football team are entered into the European Championships in Sweden as Yugoslavia, who beat them to qualification six months ago, are banned from the competition due to...
) - 3 October - Erik BruhnErik BruhnErik Belton Evers Bruhn was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, company director, actor, and author.- Biography :...
, ballet dancer, choeographer, company director, actor (died 19861986 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter-Deaths:*1 April - Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choeographer, company director, actor...
) - 7 November – Benny AndersenBenny AndersenBenny Andersen , is a Danish song-writer, poet, author, composer and pianist. He is the most widely read, most often sung and best loved of modern Danish lyricists, often associated with his collaboration with Povl Dissing. His collected poems have sold over 100,000 copies...
, poet
Deaths
- 3 February – Agner Krarup ErlangAgner Krarup ErlangAgner Krarup Erlang was a Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer, who invented the fields of traffic engineering and queueing theory....
, mathematician (born 18781878 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup-Births:* December 24 – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, politician, former Danish prime minister...
) - 21 March – Otto LiebeOtto LiebeCarl Julius Otto Liebe was Prime Minister of Denmark 30 March 1920 to 5 April 1920. His cabinet was called the Cabinet of Otto Liebe.Otto Liebe was a lawyer and the son of a conservative politician...
, prime minister (born 18601860 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Carl Edvard Rotwitt , Carl Christian Hall -Births:* December 15 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Nobel Prize-winning physician -Deaths:...