Events from the year 1969 in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
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 –
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
* 20 February – The
North Sea Continental Shelf cases
''Denmark/Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands'' [1969ICJ 1(also known as ''The North Sea Continental Shelf cases'') were a series of disputes that came to the International Court of Justice in 1969. They involved agreements among Denmark, Ge ...
are decided at the International Court of Justice.
* 10 March – The Danish Technical Museum is inaugurated in
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,953 on 1 January 2025, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsin ...
.
* 8 May – The Medical Museion (Copenhagen), Museum of Medical History is inaugurated in
Bredgade
Bredgade (literal translation, lit. "Broad Street") is one of the most prominent streets in Copenhagen, Denmark. Running in a straight line from Kongens Nytorv for just under one kilometre to the intersection of Esplanaden, Copenhagen, Esplanaden ...
in Copenhagen.
[
* 28 May – The LO School is inaugurated by the Danish labour movement in ]Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; ), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 63,953 on 1 January 2025, making it the 23rd most populated municipality in Denmark. Helsin ...
.
* 15 June – The 750 years' anniversary of the Danish flag, Dannebrog
Dannebrog (until the mid-20th century often spelled Danebrog) may refer to:
Flags and orders
* The flag of Denmark
* Order of the Dannebrog (), a Royal Danish decoration
Places
* Dannebrog Island, an island in Greenland
* Dannebrog Islands, ...
, is celebrated throughout Denmark. 750 flags from all parts of Denmark are gathered on City Hall Square in Copenhagen.[
* 24 June – The proposed lowering of the electoral age from 21 to 18 is rejected by 78.6% of voters at the ]1969 Danish electoral age referendum
A referendum on lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 was held in Denmark on 24 June 1969.Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor o ...
.
* 1 July – Denmark legalizes visual pornography.[
* 30 September – The government sets up a temporary Environmental Committee.
* 15 November – An estimated 20,000 people attend an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Copenhagen, marching from Østerbro Barracks to ]Christiansborg
Christiansborg Palace (, ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark. Also, ...
by way of the American Embassy.[
]
Full date missing
* The Danish Liberal Centre Party is dissolved.
Sport
Cycling
* 22-24 August Leif Mortensen
Leif Mortensen (born 5 May 1946) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He won a silver medal in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics while finishing fourth in the team time trial. In 1970–1975 he rode professiona ...
wins gold in Men's amateur road race and Denmark wins silver in Men's team time trial at the 1969 UCI Road World Championships
The 1969 UCI Road World Championships took place on 10 August 1969 in Zolder, Belgium (for professionals), and from 22-24 August 1969 in Brno, Czechoslovakia (for amateurs).
Results
Medal table
External links
Men's results*
{{UCI R ...
.
Football
* Boldklubben 1903
Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 was a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of the Danish championship (introduced 1913) in 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970 and 1976 and twice winner of the D ...
wins the 1969 Danish 1st Division
Statistics of Danish 1st Division in the 1969 season.
Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Boldklubben 1903
Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 was a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of th ...
in football.
Music
* First performance in Denmark of Rued Langgaard
Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years aft ...
's ''Music of the Spheres'', 51 years after it was composed.
Births
JanuaryMarch
* 7 February – Chris Minh Doky
Chris Minh Doky (born 7 February 1969) is a Vietnamese- Danish jazz bassist. He is the younger brother of jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky. He released his first album, ''Appreciation'', in 1989 four years after picking up the instrument.
As a side ...
, jazz bassist, composer, producer
* 15 February Anja Andersen
Anja Jul Andersen (born 15 February 1969 in Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185 ...
, handball player
* 20 February Thomas Warming
Thomas Warming (born 20 February 1969) is a Danish illustrator, painter, and author.
Biography
Early years
Warming, whose parents were both working in the airline industry, lived in Sweden until he was 5.
After relocating back to Denmark, War ...
, illustrator, painter, and author
* 19 May – Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg (; born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films '' The Cele ...
, film director
AprilJune
* 7 June – Prince Joachim, second son of Princess Margrethe
JulySeptember
* 21 September – Mads Lundby Hansen, economist (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 ...
)
* 27 October Lykke Friis
Lykke Friis (born 27 October 1969) is a Danish academic official and former politician. She is currently Prorector for Education at the University of Copenhagen, a position she previously held from 2006 to 2009. A member of the party Venstre, Fri ...
and former politician
Deaths
JanuaryJune
* 2 January – Julius Bomholt, politician (born 1896
Events
January
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...
)
* 12 February – Victor Gram, politician (born 1910
Events
January
* January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military.
* January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...
)
* 27 March Ingeborg Suhr Mailand, educator (born 1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
* 29 June Poul Sørensen, politician (born 1904)
OctoberDecember
* 9 November – Paul Berth, football player (born 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 ...
)
* 15 November Niels Larsen, sport shooter (born 1889
Events January
* January 1
** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada.
** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas ...
)
* 16 December – Leo Mathisen
Leo "The Lion" Mathisen (10 October 1906 – 16 December 1969) was a Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader. He was a leading figure of the thriving Danish scene during the years around World War II—a period which ...
, jazz pianist, singer (born 1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
)
* 26 December – Gundorph Albertus, silversmith (born 1887
Events January
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
)
See also
*1969 in Danish television
This is a list of Danish television related events from 1969.
Events
Debuts
Television shows
* Atten sten i Atlanten
* Squash – især for unge
Ending this year
*
Births
* 6 March – Nikolaj Koppel, musician & journalist
* 20 ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1969 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