1939 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 - 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....
Deaths
- April 7 – Mary SteenMary SteenMary Dorothea Frederica Steen was a Danish photographer and feminist. At the age of 28, she opened a studio in Copenhagen where she specialized in indoor photography. She later became Denmark's first female court photographer, working not only with the Danish royals but, at the invitation of...
, photographer (b. 18561856 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang , Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ-Births:* September 6 – Hack Kampmann, architect * October 28 – Mary Steen, photographer -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Peter...
) - August 3 – August EnnaAugust EnnaAugust Enna was a Danish composer, known mainly for his operas.Enna was born in Denmark, but his ethnic origins lay in the town of Enna in Sicily. His first major success as a composer was The Witch , which was followed by several popular operas, songs, two symphonies , and a violin concerto...
, composer (b. 18591859 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall , Carl Edvard Rotwitt-Events:* April 15 – An act provides for the Royal Danish Navy as well as the Botanical Gardens to leave Gammelholm which is instead to undergo urban redevelopment...
) - December 20 – Fritz SybergFritz SybergChristian Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Syberg, generally known as Fritz Syberg, was a Danish painter and illustrator, one of the reactionary Fynboerne or "Funen Painters" group living and working on the island of Funen.-Biography:Syberg, from a poor background in Fåborg, first served a house...
, artist and illustrator (b. 18621862 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall-Births:* July 28 – Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator * August 5 – Knud Arne Petersen, architect and artistic director...
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