1924 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian X[1]
- Prime minister â Niels Neergaard (until 24 April), Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 22 January â the 1924 Faroese general election is held.
- 11 April â the 1924 Danish Folketing election is held.
- 23 April â the Stauning I Cabinet is formed following the Folketing election.
- 18 July â Tisvildeleje railway station opens.
- 1 August â the Institut Jeanne d'Arc is established in Frederiksberg.
- August 9â17 â the 2nd World Scout Jamboree is held in Ermelunden, Denmark.
Sports
- 15 June â The opening match of the first Nordic Football Championship is held at Københavns Idrætspark. The Swedish national team defeats the Danish team 3â2.
- 5â27 July â Denmark competes at the Summer Olympics, winning 9 medals in addition to several medals from the art competition.
- 23 July â Esbjerg fB is founded.
Date unknown
- B 1903 wins their second Danish football championship by defeating B 1913 5â0 in the second replay of the final of the 1923â24 Danish National Football Tournament (after two 1â1 draws).
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 7 January â Karen Strand, silversmith (died 2000)
AprilâJune
- 24 June â John Hansen, football player (died 1990)
JulyâSeptember
- 18 July â Inge Sørensen, swimmer (died 2011)
- 14 August â Holger Juul Hansen, actor (died 2013 in Denmark)
OctoberâDecember
- 10 November â Klaus Baess, Olympic sailor (died 2018)
- 20 November â Karen Harup, swimmer (died 2009)
- 29 November â Erik Balling, TV and film director (died 2005)
- 2 December â Else Marie Pade, composer (died 2016)
- 7 December â Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (a.k.a. Bent Fabric), composer, pianist (died 2020)
- 29 December â Gurli Vibe Jensen, missionary, priest and writer (died 2016)[2]
Deaths
- 18 March â Walter Christmas, author (b. 1861)
- 12 April â Frederik Levy, architect (born 1851 in Germany)
- 17 May â Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman (born 1842)
- 19 September â Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1842)
- 7 December â Rudolph Sophus Bergh, composer (b. 1859)