1936 in Denmark
Events from the year 1936 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 1–16 August – Denmark participates in the 1936 Summer Olympics and wins five medals.
- 22 September – The 1936 Landsting elections are held.
Undated
- The political party Danish Unity is established.
- The Viborg Handball Club is established.[1]
Births
- 13 March – Finn Kobberø, badminton player (d. 2009)
- 28 April – John Tchicai, jazz musician and composer (d. 2012)
- 30 June – Flemming Flindt, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
- 17 September – Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
- 1 November – Mimi Heinrich, actress and writer
- 30 November – Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (d. 1960)
Deaths
- 22 January – Louis Glass, composer (b. 1864)
- 22 February – Johan Skjoldborg, novelist, playwright and memoirist (b. 1861)
- 3 August – Carl William Hansen, author, Luciferian, wandering bishop and occultist (b. 1872)