1931 in Denmark
Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.[2]
The arts
Music
- 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Sports
Cycling
- 21–30 August – The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen
- Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint.
- Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event.
- 26 August – Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships.
Football
- Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League.
- 4 August – Holbæk B&I is founded.
Births
- 7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
Deaths
January–March
- 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873)
- 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)
April–June
- 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (born 1882)
- 21 April – Johann Georg Preisler, engraver (born 1757)
- 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869)
- 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856)
- 17 June – Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (born 1846)
July–September
- 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875)
October–December
- 3 December – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
- 20 December – Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (born 1847)
- 23 December – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)
References
- "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "Karen Blixen i Afrika". Karen Blixen Museet. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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