Events from the year 1921 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Niels Neergaard
Events
May The departure of the 5yh Thule Expedition.
Sports 30 March Lyngby Boldklub is founded. 21 August Gentofte-Vangede Idrætsforening is founded.
Cycling 30 July – 8 August The 1921 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. Henry Brask Andersen wins gold, Erik Kjeldsen wins silver and Johan Normann wins bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event. 4 August The 1921 UCI Road World Championships are held in Copenhagen Willum Nielsen wins silver in Men's amateur road race.
Football AB wins its second Danish football championship by defeating Aarhus Gymnastikforening 30 in the final of the 1920–21 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births JanuaryMarch 14 March – Lis Hartel, equestrian athlete (died 2009) 16 March – Jens Bjerre, Danish author, filmmaker and explorer (died 2020)
AprilJune 21 April Halfdan T. Mahler, physician (died 2016 in Switzerland) 28 May Kay Werner Nielsen, cyclist (died 2014) 29 May Karen Hoff, canoeist (died 2000) 11 June Ib Spang Olsen, artist and illustrator (died 2012)
JulySeptember 1 September – Simon Spies, businessman, billionaire (died 1984)
OctoberDecember 21 November – Margrethe Schanne, ballerina (died 2014) 27 November Ole Sarvig, poet (died 1991)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 2 February Antonio Jacobsen, painter (born 1850) 12 February – Troels Frederik Lund, historian (born 1840)
AprilJune 22 April Vibeke Salicath, publisher (died 1861) 26 April Cornelia von Levetzow, writer (born 1836) 18 May – Martin Nyrop, architect (born 1849)
JulySeptember 8 September – Ingeborg Raunkiær, author (born 1863) 21 September Edouard Suenson, business executive (born 1842)
OctoberDecember 8 October Henning Frederik Feilberg, pastor, author and folklorist (born 1831) Emma Eleonore Meyer, painter (born 1859)
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