1937 in Denmark

Events from the year 1937 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events

• 18 May – The state national police force Rigspolitiet – under command of one chief of police – begins operations.^[1]
• 14 December – A large number of documents from the National Archives of Denmark, the Royal Danish Library and Copenhagen University Library relating to Norwegian conditions is transferred to Norway.^[1]

Births

• 14 June – Jørgen Leth, film director, writer, poet

Deaths

• 8 February – Martin Borch, architect (born 1852)
• 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877)
• 23 March – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1870)
• 30 December – Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company (born 1852)

References

See also