1960 in Denmark

Events from the year 1960 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IX
• Prime minister – H. C. Hansen (until 19 February), Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 15 November – The 1960 parliamentary election is held.
• 28 November – The Danish Academy is founded.^[1]

Births

• 15 April – Susanne Bier, film director
• 8 July – Susanne Nielsson, breaststroke swimmer
• 29 October – Jens Winther, jazz trumpeter (died 2011)

Deaths

• 21 January – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (born 1886)
• 27 January – Gudmund Hatt, archaeologist and cultural geographer (born 1884)
• 19 February – H. C. Hansen, politician and Prime Minister 1955–60 (born 1906)
• 27 March – Holger Jacobsen, architect (born 1876)
• 18 April – C. L. David, lawyer, art collector and philanthropist (born 1878)
• 24 June – Harald Moltke, nobleman, painter and author (born 1871)
• 16 August – Christine Swane, painter associated with the "Funen Painters" (born 1876)
• 26 August – Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (born 1936)
• 1 September – Knud Heglund, actor (born 1894)
• 11 December – Svend Rindom, (screen)writer and actor (born 1884)
• 12 December – Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen, sculptor and ceramist, model master of Bing & Grøndahl 1897–1917, artistic director of Norden 1917–1925 (born 1874)

References

See also