1959 in Denmark

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1959
in
Denmark

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:Other events of 1959
List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

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

Events[]

Undated[]

Births[]

  • 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director

Deaths[]

  • 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)
  • 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871)
  • 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875)
  • 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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