1938 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian X[1]
- Prime minister â Thorvald Stauning
Events
Sports
Football
- B 1903 wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1937â38 Danish Championship League,
Swimming
- 6â13 August Denmark wins five gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.
Births


JanuaryâMarch
- 27 January â Povl Dissing, singer (died 2022)
AprilâJune
- 18 April â Alice Brask, politician
- 25 May â John Olsen, artist (died 2019)
- 17 June â Grethe Ingmann, singer (died 1990)
Julyâ September
- 12 July â Lars Hillingsø, fashion designer (died 2005)
- 18 July â Erik Wedersøe, actor (died 2011)
- 1 September â Per Kirkeby, painter, sculptor (died 2018)
OctoberâDecember
- 11 October â Merete Ries, publisher (died 2018)[2]
- 5 November â Henning Camre, cinematigraoher and arts administrator
- 15 November â Henning Camre, cinematographer, film industry administrator
- 17 November â Susse Wold, actress
- 27 November â Marianne Grøndahl, photographer (died 2012)
Deaths

JanuaryâMarch
- 3 February â Niels Skovgaard, artist (born 1958)
- 10 February â Valdemar Irminger, painter (born 1859)
- 27 March â A. W. Sandberg, film director and screenwriter (born 1887)
AprilâJune
- 4 April â Alfred Schmidt, painter (born 1858)
- 16 April â Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (born 1855)
- 9 May â Thomas B. Thrige, businessman (born 1866)
JulyâSeptember
- 2 July â Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1878)
OctoberâDecember
- 22 December â Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (born 1868)
