1936 in Denmark

← 1935 1934 1933 1936 in Denmark → 1937 1938 1939
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1936 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1936 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Events[]

• 1–16 August – Denmark participates in the 1936 Summer Olympics and wins five medals.
• 22 September – The 1936 Landsting elections are held.

Undated[]

• The political party Danish Unity is established.
• The Viborg Handball Club is established.^[2]

Births[]

• 13 March – Finn Kobberø, badminton player (d. 2009)
• 28 April – John Tchicai, jazz musician and composer (d. 2012)
• 30 June – Flemming Flindt, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 17 September – Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
• 1 November – Mimi Heinrich, actress and writer (d. 2017)
• 30 November – Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (d. 1960)

Deaths[]

• 22 January – Louis Glass, composer (b. 1864)
• 22 February – Johan Skjoldborg, novelist, playwright and memoirist (b. 1861)
• 23 April – Thomas Bærentzen, sculptor (b. 1869)
• 3 August – Carl William Hansen, author, Luciferian, wandering bishop and occultist (b. 1872)
• 9 October – Carl Peter Hermann Christensen, Denmark's last executioner (b. 1869)

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