1920 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle, Otto Liebe, Michael Pedersen Friis, Niels Neergaard

Events

• 29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis.
• 4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe.
• 26 September The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.

Sports

Date unknown

• B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 20 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 31 January Albert Mertz, painter
• 26 February - Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister

AprilJune

• 16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark
• 14 May Knud Lundberg, football player
• 22 May Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot
• 18 June - Grete Jalk, furniture designer

JulySeptember

• 28 August - Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer

OctoberDecember

• 6 November Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman
• 13 November – Inge Krogh, politician
• 6 December Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist
• 10 December Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 6 January Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, mathematician
• 3 March - Theodor Philipsen, painter
• 7 March Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist
• 14 March Christian Blache, painter
• 23 March Ivar Knudsen, engineer

AprilJune

• 15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye
• 27 June - Hack Kampmann, architect