Events from the year 1966 in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Frederik IX * Prime minister –

Jens Otto Krag Jens Otto Krag (; 15 September 1914 – 22 June 1978) was a Danish politician, who served as the prime minister of Denmark from 1962 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 1972, and as leader of the Social Democrats from 1962 to 1972. He was president of ...

Events

Births

JanuaryMarch

* 25 January – Heinz Ehlers, professional ice hockey coach and former ice hockey player * 31 March – Linse Kessler, television personality

AprilJune

* 7 May – Jes Høgh, footballer * 18 May – Peter Juel-Jensen, politician

JulySeptember

* 28 July – Mette Gjerskov, politician (died

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

) * 18 August Christian Karsten Hansen, biotech entrepreneur * 22 September Lone Frank, journalist

OctoberDecember

*13 October –

Henrik Valeur Henrik Bjørn Valeur (; born 13 October 1966) is a Danish architect-urbanist, founder and creative director of UiD (Denmark) and UiD Shanghai Co., Ltd (China), curator of ''CO-EVOLUTION: Danish/Chinese Collaboration on Sustainable Urban Developmen ...

, architect *15 October –

Troels Lyby Troels Lyby (born 15 October 1966) is a Danish actor. He made his big break in Hella Joof's film ''En kort en lang'', but had previously acted in ''Let's Get Lost (1997 film), Let's Get Lost'' by Jonas Elmer (director), Jonas Elmer and Lars von ...

, actor * 3 December Flemming Povlsen, football player * 12 December

Martin Lidegaard Martin Lidegaard (born 12 December 1966) is a Danish politician who has been the leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party, Social Liberal Party since 2022. He was the Foreign Minister of Denmark, foreign minister in the government of Prime Minist ...

, politician * 14 December – Helle Thorning-Schmidt, politician, leader of

Socialdemokraterne The Social Democrats ( , , S) is a social democratic political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish parliament (following the latest Danish general electio ...

Deaths

* 26 February – Karl Jørgensen, actor (b.

1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...

) * 18 March – Osvald Helmuth, actor and singer (b.

1894 Events January * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * Ja ...

) * 24 April – Hans Christian Branner, writer (b.

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for al ...

) * 14 May – Oluf Høst, painter (b.

1883 Events January * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – ...

) * 3 July – Eleanor Margaret Green, Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg (born 1895 in USA) * 13 August –

Poul Hansen Hans Christian Poul Hansen (27 February 1913 – 13 August 1966), simply known as Poul Hansen, was a Danish politician, who served as Defence Minister of Denmark from 1956 to 1962 and Danish Minister of Finance from 1962 to 1965. He represente ...

, politician (born

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

) * 22 August – Gunnar Aaby, footballer (born

1895 Events January * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island (off French Guiana) on what is much later admitted to be a false charge of tr ...

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1966 in Denmark

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

Years of the 20th century in Denmark 1960s in Denmark