1968 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX
• Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag

Events

• 12 February The Balle Hoard is discovered in Balle near Grenå.
• 7 June The Original Legoland opens.

Sports

• August – Ole Ritter becomes the first non-Italian to win the Trofeo Matteotti.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 7 February – Katja K, former pornographic actress
• 12 February – Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, economist and author

AprilJune

• 13 April – Margrethe Vestager, politician
• 17 April Julie Fagerholt, fashion designer
• 26 May – Frederik X, King of Denmark
• 19 June – Peter Tanev, weather presenter and author

JulySeptember

• 30 July – Sofie Gråbøl, actress
• 2 August Thomas Lund, badminton player
• 10 August – Lene Rantala, handball player
• 22 August – Casper Christensen, comedian
• 27 August Johnny Bredahl, boxer
• 13 September Ole Bjur, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 21 November – Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, businessman
• 22 November – Sidse Babett Knudsen, actress
• 2 December Jan Grarup, photographer
• 25 December – Helena Christensen, model

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 18 January – Adam Fischer, sculptor
• 4 March – Ellen Price, actress and ballerina
• 20 March – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director

AprilJune

• 19 April – Poul Reumert, actor
• 8 May – Ernst Hansen, painter
• 21 June – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, actress

JulySeptember

• 3 September – Carl Pedersen, rower

OctoberDecember

• 18 October – Eyvin Andersen, composer
• 8 December – Anders Petersen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1920 Summer Olympics