Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederik IX
- Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events
- 7 January – MS Hans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland.
- 14 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb.
- 30 January – M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.
Sports
Date unknown
- Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
January–March
- 14 January – Lars Høgh, footballer
- 18 January – Bjarne Henriksen, actor
- 25 February – Poul Erik Tøjner, art historian and museum director
April–June
- 2 April – John Lauridsen, footballer
- 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director
- 22 May – Kenneth Brylle, footballer
- 5 June – Jesper Worre, cyclist
July–September
- 22 August – Pia Gjellerup, politician
- 25 August – Christian Kettel Thomsen, governor of Danmarks Nationalbank
- 20 September – Mona Juul, politician
October–December
- 8 October – Erik Gundersen, speedway driver
- 13 November – Lene Hau, physicist
- 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician
- 26 December – Hans Nielsen, speedway rider
Deaths
January–March
- 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876)
April–June
- 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)
- 30 April – Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1885)
July–September
- 8 August – Harald Christensen, wrestler (born 1884)
- 18 August – Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (born 1886)
- 19 August – Gudrun Bjørner, teacher and politician (born 1898)
- 28 August – Kay Bojesen, designer (born 1889)
- 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872)
- 20 September – William Scharff, painter (born 1886)
October–December
- 9 December – John Olsen, film producer (died 1885)
- 13 December – Ingrid Vang Nyman, illustrator (born 1916)
See also
- 1959 in Danish television
References
