1950 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1950 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IX[1]
- Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft (until 30 October), Erik Eriksen
Events
- 9 January – Denmark becomes one of the first European countries to recognize the People's Republic of China.[2]
Births
- 26 May – Esben Storm, Danish-Australian screenwriter, director and actor (died 2011)
Deaths
- 11 January – Karin Michaëlis, journalist and author (born 1872)
- 16 February – Johannes Hjelmslev, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the Hjelmslev transformation (born 1873)
- 9 May – Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter (born 1893)
- 26 May – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games (born 1874)
- 5 June – Rudolph Tegner, sculptor linked with the Symbolist movement (born 1873)
- 3 August – Georg Høeberg, composer and conductor (born 1872)
- 3 October – Elna Borch, naturalism and symbolism sculptor (born 1869)
- 25 November – Johannes V. Jensen, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (born 1873)
References
- ^ "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Christopher Bo Bramsen (2000). "Peace and friendship: Denmark's official relations with China, 1674–2000". ISBN 87-87062-82-8.
