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Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.


Incumbents

* Monarch –
Christian X Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...
(until 20 April),
Frederik IX Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Ch ...
* Prime minister –
Knud Kristensen Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 – 28 September 1962) was Prime Minister (Denmark), Prime Minister of Denmark from 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. ...
(until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft


Events

* 20 April – King
Christian X Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...
dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, King
Frederik IX Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Ch ...
. * 13 November – Prime Minister
Knud Kristensen Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 – 28 September 1962) was Prime Minister (Denmark), Prime Minister of Denmark from 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. ...
resigns following a
motion of no confidence A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion or vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative assembly (usually a legislative body) as to whether an officer (typically an executive) is deemed fi ...
, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft.


Sports


Football

* Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.


Swimming

* 1014 September Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the
1947 European Aquatics Championships The 1947 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 10–14 September 1947 in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of ...
.


Other

* 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.


Births


JanuaryMarch

* 23 February Pia Kjærsgaard, politician


AprilJune

* 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer * 30 April
Birthe Neumann Birthe Neumann (born 30 April 1947 in Vanløse, Copenhagen) is a Danish actress. In 1972 she graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre, and was shortly afterwards employed as an actress at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. At t ...
, actor


JulySeptember

* 12 July Anne Marie Løn, author * 16 July Anders Koppel, musician * 2 August Sonja Hauberg, writer (born
1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...
) * 4 September Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician * 27 September Jesper Tørring, athlete


OctoberDecember

* 27 December
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (; born 27 December 1947) is a Danish businessman who was the president and CEO of The Lego Group from 1979 to 2004. According to the '' Bloomberg Billionaires Index'', Kristiansen is the third richest Dane, with a net wor ...
, businessman and investor


Deaths


JanuaryMarch

* 28 May Hanna Adler, educator (born
1759 In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabilis'', because of British victories in the Seven Years' War. Events January–March * January 6 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. * January 11 & ...
) * 10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born
1869 Events January * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's second oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabe ...
) * 15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (born
1866 Events January * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash ...
) * 13 March – Gerda Christophersen, actress and director (born
1870 Events January * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge be ...
)


AprilJune

* 20 April –
Christian X Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...
, King of Denmark (born
1870 Events January * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge be ...
) * 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in
Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
1920–1947 (born
1874 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. * January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time. * January 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Caspe &n ...
) * 4 May Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker (born
1872 Events January * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. *January 20 – The Cavite mutiny was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort S ...
) * 3 June Sigurd Wandel, painter (born
1875 Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third C ...
) * 18 June – Ejnar Martin Kjær, teacher and politician (born 1893) * 25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the
1906 Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games (), held from 22 April 1906 to 2 May 1906, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Kingdom of Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were re ...
, bronze medallist at the
1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...
(born
1873 Events January * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the Unit ...
)


References

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