1947 in Denmark
Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X, Frederik IX
- Prime minister – Knud Kristensen, Hans Hedtoft
Events
- 20 April – King Christian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, King Frederik IX.
- 13 November – Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigns following a motion of no confidence, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft.
Sports
Football
- Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.
Swimming
- 1014 September Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.
Other
- 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 23 February Pia Kjærsgaard, politician
AprilJune
- 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer
- 30 April Birthe Neumann, actor
JulySeptember
- 12 July Anne Marie Løn, author
- 16 July Anders Koppel, musician
- 4 September Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician
- 27 September Jesper Tørring, athlete
OctoberDecember
- 27 December Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, businessman and investor
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
- 4 January Hanna Adler, educator
- 10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films
- 15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer
- 13 March – Gerda Christophersen, actress and director
AprilJune
- 20 April – Christian X, King of Denmark
- 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947
- 4 May Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker
- 3 June Sigurd Wandel, painter
- 18 June – Ejnar Martin Kjær, teacher and politician
- 25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- 2 August Sonja Hauberg, writer