1961 in Denmark

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IX
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.

Births

• 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen

Deaths

• 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)
• 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)
• 20 December
  • Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
  • Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)

References

See also