Events from the year 1920 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 30 March), Otto Liebe (until 5 April), Michael Pedersen Friis (until 5 May), Niels Neergaard
Events
29 March – Christian X dismisses the elected government, a reserve power he had under the Danish Constitution, giving rise to the constitutional crisis known as the Easter Crisis. 4 April – The Easter Crisis ends with Christian X's dismissal of the Cabinet of Liebe. 26 September The 50th birthday of Christian X is celebrated.
Sports
Date unknown B 1903 wins its first Danish football championship by defeating B 1901 20 in the final of the 1919–20 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births JanuaryMarch 31 January Albert Mertz, painter (died 1990) 26 February – Hilmar Baunsgaard, politician, former Danish prime minister (died 1989)
AprilJune 16 April – Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986) 14 May Knud Lundberg, football player (died 2002) 22 May Jorgen Thalbitzer pilot (died 1943) 18 June – Grete Jalk, furniture designer (died 2006)
JulySeptember 8 July Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, businessman (died 1995) 28 August – Keld Helmer-Petersen, photographer (died 2013)
OctoberDecember 6 November Dagmar Andreasen, businesswoman (died 2006) 13 November – Inge Krogh, politician (died 2023) 6 December Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen, author, conciliator and economist (died 2008) 10 December Ragnhild Hveger, swimmer (died 2011)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 6 January Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen , mathematician (born 1839) 3 March – Theodor Philipsen, painter (born 1840) 7 March Sophus Christopher Hauberg, industrialist (born 1848) 14 March Christian Blache, painter (born 1839) 23 March Ivar Knudsen, engineer (born 1861)
AprilJune 15 April – Hans Peter Johan Lyngbye (born 1834) 27 June – Hack Kampmann, architect (born 1856)
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