1957 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events
- 3 March - Denmark places third in Eurovision Song Contest
Sports
Badminton
- 20–25 March – All England Badminton Championships
- Anni Hammergaard Hansen and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Women's Doubles
- Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold in Mixed Doubles.
Football
- 28 April – AGF wins the 1956–57 Danish Cup by defeating Esbjerg fB 2–0 in the final.
Date unknown
- Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) and Jean Roth (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
January–March
- 31 January – Henrik Dam Kristensen, politician
- 17 February – Lars Brygmann, actor
- 30 March – Stig L. Andersson, landscape architect
April–June
- 6 April – Jesper Bank, sailor
- 28 April – Tøger Seidenfaden, journalist, editor-in-chief of Politiken (died 2011)
- 9 May – Kristian Levring, film director
- 17 May – Peter Høeg, writer of fiction
July–September
- 11 September – Preben Elkjær, footballer
October–December
- 5 October – Jakob Nielsen, computer scientist
- 20 November
- Torben Andersen, economist
- John Eriksen, footballer (died 2002)
- 13 December – Lars Schwander, photographer, gallerist
Deaths
January–March
- 2 January – Søren Absalon Larsen, physicist active in the field of electroacoustics; the Larsen effect was named after him (born 1871)
- 6 January – Viggo Larsen, film actor, director and producer (born 1880)
April–June
- 14 April – Thorvald Madsen, physician and bacteriologist (born 1870)
- 18 April – Jens Laursøn Emborg, organist and composer (born 1876)
- 6 May – Ebbe Kornerup, writer and painter (born 1874)
- 9 May – Inger Margrethe Boberg, folklore researcher and writer (born 1900)[2]
- 14 May – Thit Jensen, novelist and author of short stories, plays and society critical articles (born 1876)
- 21 May – Jens Søndergaard, painter (born 1895)
- 26 May – Peter Bang, engineer (born 1900)
- 9 June – Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (born 1883)
- 17 June – Olaf Rude, painter (born 1886)
July–September
- 5 July – Magdalene Lauridsen, educator (born 1873)
- 28 August – Erik Tuxen, conductor, composer and arranger (born 1902)
- 2 September – Peter Freuchen, explorer, writer and traveller (born 1886)
Date unknown
- Axel Andersen Byrval, amateur football player and manager, national football team manager 1913–15 and 1917–18 (born 1875)