1960 in Denmark
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- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen (until 19 February), Viggo Kampmann
Events
- 15 November – The 1960 parliamentary election is held.
- 28 November – The Danish Academy is founded.[2]
Sports
Badminton
- 19–23 March – All England Badminton Championships
- Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Single
- Erland Kops and Poul-Erik Nielsen win gold in Men's Doubles
- Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.
Date unknown
- Emile Severeyns (BEL) and Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births


January–March
- 14 January – Per Fly, film director
Ø 25 February – Joakim Garff, theologian and Søren Kierkegaard researcher
April–June
- 15 April – Susanne Bier, film director
- 11 May – Jesper Asholt, actor
July–September
- 6 July – Liselotte Plesner, civil servant and ambasador
- 8 July – Susanne Nielsson, breaststroke swimmer
- 3 August – Kim Milton Nielsen, football referee
- 10 August – Lone Gram, microbiologist
- 19 August – Morten Andersen, American-football player
- 24 August – Kim Christofte, footballer
- 15 September – Connie Hedegaard, politician and public intellectual
October–December
- 29 October – Jens Winther, jazz trumpeter (died 2011)
- 2 December – Anders Hejlsberg, software engineer

