1973 in Denmark

← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Denmark → 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1973 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1973 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch - Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen (until 19 December), Poul Hartling

Events[]

• 1 January - Denmark joins European Communities.
• 4 December - 1973 Danish parliamentary election is held, it is later to become known as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget), because 5 new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced.^[2]

Births[]

• January 4 – Frank Høj, cyclist
• March 24 – Mette Jacobsen, freestyle and butterfly swimmer
• April 29 – Yildiz Akdogan, politician

Deaths[]

• April 9 – Sigurd Swane, painter (born 1879)
• May 1 - Asger Jorn, painter (born 1914)
• August 9 – Christian Arhoff, actor (born 1893)

See also[]

• 1973 in Danish television

References[]