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