1969 in Denmark
Events from the year 1969 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Frederik IX
- Prime minister - Jens Otto Krag
Events
- 20 February – The North Sea Continental Shelf cases are decided at the International Court of Justice.
- 10 March – The Danish Technical Museum is inaugurated in Helsingør.
- 8 May – The Museum of Medical History is inaugurated in Bredgade in Copenhagen.
- 28 May – The LO School is inaugurated by the Danish labour movement in Helsingør.
- 15 June – The 750 years' anniversary of the Danish flag, Dannebrog, is celebrated throughout Denmark. 750 flags from all parts of Denmark are gathered on City Hall Square in Copenhagen.
- 24 June – The proposed lowering of the electoral age from 21 to 18 is rejected by 78.6% of voters at the 1969 Danish electoral age referendum.
- 1 July – Denmark legalizes visual pornography.
- 30 September – The government sets up a temporary Environmental Committee.
- 15 November – An estimated 20,000 people attend an anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Copenhagen, marching from Østerbro Barracks to Christiansborg by way of the American Embassy.
Full date missing
- The Danish Liberal Centre Party is dissolved.
Sport
Cycling
- 22-24 August Leif Mortensen wins gold in Men's amateur road race and Denmark wins silver in Men's team time trial at the 1969 UCI Road World Championships.
Football
- Boldklubben 1903 wins the 1969 Danish 1st Division in football.
Music
- First performance in Denmark of Rued Langgaard's Music of the Spheres, 51 years after it was composed.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 7 February – Chris Minh Doky, jazz bassist, composer, producer
- 15 February Anja Andersen, handball player
- 20 February Thomas Warming, illustrator, painter, and author
- 19 May – Thomas Vinterberg, film director
AprilJune
- 7 June – Prince Joachim, second son of Princess Margrethe
JulySeptember
- 21 September – Mads Lundby Hansen, economist
- 27 October Lykke Friis and former politician
Deaths
JanuaryJune
- 2 January - Julius Bomholt, politician
- 12 February – Victor Gram, politician
- 27 March Ingeborg Suhr Mailand, educator
- 29 June Poul Sørensen, politician
OctoberDecember
- 9 November - Paul Berth, football player
- 15 November Niels Larsen, sport shooter
- 16 December - Leo Mathisen, jazz pianist, singer
- 26 December – Gundorph Albertus, silversmith