1956 in Denmark

← 1955 1954 1953 1956 in Denmark → 1957 1958 1959
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1956 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Frederick IX^[1]
• Prime minister – H. C. Hansen

Events[]

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Births[]

• 13 March – John Frandsen, composer
• 30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager
• 29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• 13 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect

Deaths[]

• 7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873)
• 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
• 21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of symbolist painting (born 1872)
• 25 July – Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (born 1873)^[2]
• 30 November – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (born 1874)
• 5 December – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

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