1931 in Denmark
Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.
The arts
Music
- 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Sports
Cycling
- 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
- Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League.
- 4 August Holbæk B&I is founded.
Births
- 7 July - Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter
- 15 December – Klaus Rifbjerg, writer
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
- 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist
- 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer
AprilJune
- 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer
- 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader
- 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer
- 17 June Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder
JulySeptember
- 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters"
- 23 September – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer
OctoberDecember
- 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer
- 20 December - Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor