1936 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian X[1]
- Prime minister â Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 1â16 August â Denmark participates in the 1936 Summer Olympics and wins five medals.
- 22 September â The 1936 Landsting elections are held.
Undated
- The political party Danish Unity is established.
- The Viborg Handball Club is established.[2]
Sports
Cycling
- Albert Billiet (BEL) and Werner Grundahl Hansen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
- Jan Pijnenburg (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) and win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football
- Frem wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1935â36 Danish Championship League.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 13 March â Finn Kobberø, badminton player (d. 2009)
- 19 March â Birthe Wilke, singer
- 29 March â Mogens Camre, politician (d. 2016)
AprilâJune
- 28 April â John Tchicai, jazz musician and composer (d. 2012)
- 30 June â Flemming Flindt, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
JulyâSeptember
- 10 August â Malene Schwartz, actress
- 17 September â Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
OctoberâDecember
- 1 November â Mimi Heinrich, actress and writer (d. 2017)
- 30 November â Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (d. 1960)
- 7 December â Annette Stroyberg, actress (d. 2005)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 3 February â Heinrich Wenck, architect (born 1851)
- 4 February â Wilhelm Hansen, businessman and art collector (born 1868)
- 22 January â Louis Glass, composer (b. 1864)
- 22 February â Johan Skjoldborg, novelist, playwright and memoirist (b. 1861)
AprilâJune
- 23 April â Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (b. 1869)
JulyâSeptember
- 3 August â Carl William Hansen, author, Luciferian, wandering bishop and occultist (b. 1872)
- 2 September â Niels Neergaard, politician (born 1854)
- 27 September â Hans Peter Prior, industrialist (born 1866)
OctoberâDecember
- 9 October â Carl Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (b. 1869)
- 22 October â Hedevig Quiding, singer and music critic (b. 1867)
- 24 November â J. A. D. Jensen, naval officer and Arctic explorer (b. 1849)
- 13 December â Harald Ludvig Westergaard, economist, statician (born 1853)