1920 in Denmark

Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian X
• Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard

Events

• March 29 - Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.^[1]
• April 4 - The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.^[1]

Births

• February 26 – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (d. 1989)
• June 18 – Grete Jalk, furniture designer (d. 2006)
• August 23 – Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer

Deaths

• March 3 – Theodor Philipsen, painter (b. 1840)
• June 27 – Hack Kampmann, architect (b. 1856)

References

See also