1923 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Christian X[1]
- Prime minister - Niels Neergaard
Events
- 13 July â Niels Hansen Jacobsen's Troll Fountain is inaugurated in Vejen.[2]
- 26 September â Rued Langgaard's Symphony No. 6 is first performed in Denmark at the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen.[3]
Sports
Undated
- Frem wins their first Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 2â1 in the final of the 1922â23 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 2 January â Poul Volther, furniture designer (d. 2001)
AprilâJune
- 18 April â Leif Panduro, author (died 1977)
- 2 March â Rasmus Nellemannm painter and graphic artist (died 2004)
- 9 May â Jørgen Rømer, painter (died 2007)
- 20 June â Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, actor (d. 1998)
JulyâSeptember
- 3 August â Aage Larsen, rower (died 2016)
- 11 August â Ellen Winther, opera singer (died 2011)
- 19 September â Lily Broberg, actress (died 1989)
OctoberâDecember
- 6 October â Nanna Ditzel, designer (died 2005)
- 3 November â Astrid Villaume, actress (died 1005)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 4 January â Anders Andersen-Lundby, painter (born 1841)
- 7 February â Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer (b. 1858)
- 26 March â Olaf Poulsen, comedic stage actor (b. 1849)
AprilâJune
- 3 May â Carl Ryder, Arctic explorer and naval officer (b. 1858)
JulyâSeptember
- 13 July â Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)
- 22 September â Emma Hørup, schoolteacher, journalist and member of the Danish Women's Society (died 1836)
OctoberâDecember
- 28 October â Bernhard Ingemann, architect (born (1869)
- 27 November â Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1839)
- 21 December â Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer, anthropologist (b. 1879)