1931 in Denmark
| |||||
Decades: | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also: | Other events of 1931 List of years in Denmark |
Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
[edit]- 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.[2]
The arts
[edit]Music
[edit]- 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Sports
[edit]Cycling
[edit]- 21–30 August – The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen
- Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint.
- Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event.
- 26 August – Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships.
Football
[edit]- Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League.
- 4 August – Holbæk B&I is founded.
Births
[edit]- 7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
- 15 December – Klaus Rifbjerg, writer (died 2015)
Deaths
[edit]January–March
[edit]- 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873)
- 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)
April–June
[edit]- 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (born 1882)
- 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869)
- 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856)
- 17 June – Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (born 1846)
July–September
[edit]- 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875)
- 23 September – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)
October–December
[edit]- 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
- 20 December – Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (born 1847)
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Karen Blixen i Afrika". Karen Blixen Museet. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.