1970 in Denmark
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- Monarch – Frederik IX[1]
- Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag
Events
- 2 February – An unofficial 24-hour strike closed all Danish shipyards. The strikers were demanding a one krone an hour increase in wages to compensate for tax increases.[2]
- 6 February – A further 24-hour unofficial strike in the Danish shipyards to protest at the forced resignation of 26 union stewards that had organised the 2 February strike.[3]
- 1 April – The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform reduces the number of municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolishes the last privileges for market towns.
- 17 August – The University of Copenhagen hosts the opening meeting of the 4th Archeological Congress in Copenhagen.
Sports
- 4 July – Mogens Frey wins stage 8 of the 1970 Tour de France.
- 3–6 September – Jørgen Engelbrecht and Niels Henry Secher win gold in M2x at the 1970 World Rowing Championships-
Births
January–March
- 15 January – Sine Bundgaard, opera singer
- 6 February – Per Frandsen, footballer and manager
- 24 February – Jason Watt, racing driver
- 6 March – Vincent F. Hendricks, philosopher
April–June
- 11 April – Whigfield, musical artist
- 25 May – Maibritt Saerens, actress
- 5 June – Claus Norreen, musician
July–September
- 11 July – Frederik Fetterlein, tennis player
- 20 July – Mette Blomsterberg, pastry cook and television personality
- 27 July – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, actor and screenwriter
- 4 August – Benny Engelbrecht, politician
- 18 September – Alexandra Mousavizadeh, economist, business executive
- 29 September – Nicolas Winding Refn, film director
October–December
- 5 November – Niels Frederiksen, football manager
- 20 November – Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
- 28 November – Jens Martin Skibsted, designer
- 17 December – Christina Markus Lassen, diplomat
- 28 December – Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, diplomat
