1964 in Denmark

Events from the year 1964 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederik IX
Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag

Events

21 March – Denmark hosts the Eurovision Song Contest and finishes in 9th place.
22 September – The 1964 parliamentary election is held.

Sport

January–February – Denmark participates in the 1964 Winter Olympics.
October – Denmark participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins six medals.

Badminton

14 April All England Open Badminton Championships
* Knud Aage Nielsen wins gold in Men's Single
* Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double
* Karin Jørgensen and Ulla Strand win gold in Women's Double

Football

19 April Naja Abelsen, painter and illustrator
30 March – the 1964 Jutland Series is launched
7 May Esbjerg fB wins the 1963–64 Danish Cup by defeating KFUMs Boldklub Odense 21 in the final.
17–20 June – Denmark participates in 1964 European Nations' Cup in France.
* 17 June – Denmark is defeated by the Soviet Union in the semi-final.
* 20 June – Denmark is defeated by Hungary in the bronze match.
15 November – the 1964 Jutland Series final is played

Births

JanuaryMarch

13 January – Claus Nielsen, footballer
4 February – Marianne Gaarden, bishop
21 March – Jesper Skibby, cyclist

AprilJune

3 April – Bjarne Riis, cyclist
8 April – Janne Teller, author
22 April – Bo Gunge, composer
6 May – Lars Mikkelsen, actor
15 May – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 25th Prime Minister of Denmark
1 June – Marianne Florman, handball player
15 June – Michael Laudrup, football player
30 June – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark

JulySeptember

6 August Sara Blædel, author
9 September – Cæcilie Norby, jazz and rock singer
18 September – Curt Hansen, chess grandmaster
25 September Ida Jessen, author

OctoberDecember

11 October – Christian Dyvig, businessman
3 November Paprika Steen, actress
11 December Niels Christian Meyer, television host
20 December Morten Løkkegaard, politician

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

1 January Thyge Petersen, boxer

JanuaryMarch

16 February Jette Bang photographer
27 March – Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist

AprilJune

10 May – Harald Tandrup, writer
5 June Lauge Koch, geologist and Arctic explorer
21 May Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter

JulySeptember

14 July – Prince Axel of Denmark
12 August Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, businessman, company founder
28 September Arild Rosenkrantz, nobleman, painter, sculptor, stained-glass artist and illustrator

OctoberDecember

21 October – Carl Johan Hviid, actor
26 November – Bodil Ipsen, actress and film director