1931 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.[2]
The arts
Music
- 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Sports
Cycling
- 21–30 August – The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen
- Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint.
- Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event.
- 26 August – Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships.
Football
- Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League.
- 4 August – Holbæk B&I is founded.
Births
- 7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
- 15 December – Klaus Rifbjerg, writer (died 2015)
Deaths
January–March
- 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873)
- 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)
April–June
- 11 April– Sophus Claussen, writer (born 1754)
- 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (born 1882)
- 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869)
- 2 June – Harald Høffding, philosopher and theologian (born 1843)
- 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856)
- 17 June – Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (born 1846)
July–September
- 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875)
- 30 August – Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (born 1886)
- 11 September – Maria Nielsen, historian and educator (born 1882)
- 16 September – Niels Nielsen , mathematician (born 1865
- 23 September – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)
October–December
- 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
- 20 December – Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (born 1847)