1961 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

• 28 March – The Maritime and [Commercial Court (Denmark)|Danish Maritime and Commercial Court] is created by act.

Sports

Badminton

• 1417 March 1961 [All England Badminton Championships|All England Badminton Championships]
• * Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
• * Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
• * Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Sports

Badminton

• 1416 March All England Badminton Championships
• * Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
• * Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Births

• 3 March Bodil Jørgensen, actress
• 8 April Lars Bom, actor
• 22 May Dan Frost, cyclist
• 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
• 20 July Tommy Christensen, footballer
• 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
• 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete
• 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 21 March Axel Saltom ceramist

AprilJune

• 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Summer Olympics]

JulySeptember

• 11 July Elof Risebye, painter
• 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics

OctoberDecember

• 8 November Jais Nielsen, painter
• 20 December
• * Johannes Larsen, nature painter
• * Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43