1938 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning

Sports

Football

• B 1903 wins their fourth Danish football championship by winning the 1937–38 Danish Championship League,

Swimming

• 613 August Denmark wins five gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 27 January – Povl Dissing, singer

AprilJune

• 25 May John Olsen, artist

July September

• 12 July Lars Hillingsø, fashion designer
• 18 July - Erik Wedersøe, actor
• 1 September - Per Kirkeby, painter, sculptor

OctoberDecember

• 11 October - Merete Ries, publisher
• 15 November - Henning Camre, cinematographer, film industry administrator
• 27 November Marianne Grøndahl, photographer

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 3 February Niels Skovgaard, artist
• 10 February Valdemar Irminger, painter

AprilJune

• 4 April Alfred Schmidt, painter
• 16 April - Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator
• 9 May - Thomas B. Thrige, businessman

JulySeptember

• 2 July – Lau Lauritzen Sr., film director, screenwriter and actor

OctoberDecember

• 22 December Johannes Wilhjelm, painter