1924 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Niels Neergaard, Thorvald Stauning

Events

• 22 January – the 1924 Faroese general election is held.
• 11 April – the 1924 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 23 April – the Stauning I Cabinet is formed following the Folketing election.
• 18 July – Tisvildeleje railway station opens.
• 1 August – the Institut Jeanne d'Arc is established in Frederiksberg.
• August 9–17 – the 2nd World Scout Jamboree is held in Ermelunden, Denmark.

Sports

• 15 June – The opening match of the first Nordic Football Championship is held at Københavns Idrætspark. The Swedish national team defeats the Danish team 3–2.
• 5–27 July – Denmark competes at the Summer Olympics, winning 9 medals in addition to several medals from the art competition.
• 23 July Esbjerg fB is founded.

Date unknown

• B 1903 wins their second Danish football championship by defeating B 1913 50 in the second replay of the final of the 1923–24 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 7 January Karen Strand, silversmith

AprilJune

• 24 June John Hansen, football player

JulySeptember

• 18 July Inge Sørensen, swimmer
• 14 August – Holger Juul Hansen, actor

OctoberDecember

• 10 November – Klaus Baess, Olympic sailor
• 20 November Karen Harup, swimmer
• 29 November – Erik Balling, TV and film director
• 2 December – Else Marie Pade, composer
• 7 December - Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, composer, pianist
• 29 December – Gurli Vibe Jensen, missionary, priest and writer

Deaths

• 18 March – Walter Christmas, author
• 12 April Frederik Levy, architect
• 17 May Niels Peter Bornholdt, businessman
• 19 September - Hannibal Sehested, prime minister of Denmark
• 7 December - Rudolph Sophus Bergh, composer