1971 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Sports

• August 15–September 5 – The 1971 Women's World Cup in Association football is staged in Mexico: Denmark will be the winners.
• 10 September – Ole Olsen wins the 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 12 January - Peter Madsen, convicted murderer, former engineer and entrepreneur
• 7 February - Nicolai Wammen, politician
• 18 February - Thomas Bjørn, professional golfer
• 23 February - Nukâka Coster-Waldaum actress
• 25 February - Morten Wieghorst, football coach and former football player
• 13 March - Allan Nielsen, footballer

AprilJune

• 5 May
• * Helene Kirkegaard, badminton player
• * Anette Hoffmann, handball player
• 21 May Kristian Jensen, politician
• 5 June
• * Rane Willerslev,anthropologist
• * Eske Willerslev, biologist
• 24 June Thomas Helveg. footballer

JulySeptember

• 23 August Mads Fuglede, journalist and politician

OctoberDecember

• 30 November Pia Olsen Dyhr, politician
• 31 December Søren Pape Poulsen, politician

Deaths

• 24 March - Arne Jacobsen, architect, furniture designer
• 1 May - Ejnar Mikkelsen, Polar explorer and author
• 6 October Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmacologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder
• 10 October – Hans Rasmus Hansen, politician