1941 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
Sports
- Frem wings their fifth Danish football championship by winning the 1940–41 Danish War Tournament.
Births
January–March
- 8 January – Ole Søltoft, actor (died 1999)
- 20 February – Nina Hole, artist (died 2016)
- 4 March – Jannik Hastrup, writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator.
- 22 March – Hugo Rasmussen, jazz bassist (died 2015)
April–June
- 24 April – Ole Sporring, painter and illustrator
- 19 May
- Ritt Bjerregaard, politician (died 2023)
- Erik Reitzel, engineer (died 2012)
- 2 June – Peter Hansen, diplomat
July–September
- 25 July – Britta Schall Holberg, politician (died 2022)
- 25 August – Holger Bech Nielsen. physicist
- 29 August – Ole Ritter, cyclist
October–December
- 26 October – Harald Nielsen, footballer (died 2015)
- 1 November – Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, politician (died 2022)
- 6 November – Grethe Fenger Møller, Danish politician
- 28 November – Jesper Thilo, jazz saxophonist
Deaths
January–March
- 15 January – Erik Raadal, painter (born 1905)
- 14 March – Herluf Zahle, barrister with the Supreme Court, career diplomat, President of the League of Nations 1928–29 (born 1873)
April–June
- 10 May – Gustav Bartholin Hagen, architect (born 1873)
- 20 June – Peder Mørk Mønsted, painter (born 1859)
July–September
- 25 July – Christian Sonne, politician (born 1859)
- 30 August – Peder Oluf Pedersen, engineer and physicist, IEEE Medal of Honor recipient in 1930 (born 1874)
- 28 September – Kirstine Meyer, physicist (born 1861)
October–December
- 3 November – Jens Christian Kofoed, architect (born 1864)
- 26 November – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, sculptor (born 1861)
- 12 December – Agnes Lunn, painter and sculptor (born 1850)