Events from the year 1928 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
Events 20 March – Haandarbejdets Fremme is founded. 21 September – The 1928 Landsting election is held.
Date unknown Dronningborg Boldklub football club is established.
Sports 28 July – 12 August – Denmark wins three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Births 25 February Paul Elvstrøm, yachtsman (died 2016) 11 May Nils Foss, engineer, company founder (died 2018) 25 March Gunnar Nielsen, athlete (died 1985) 3 August – Henning Moritzen, actor (died 2012) 3 October Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer (died 1986) 4 October – Torben Ulrich, tennis player, writer, musician, filmmaker (died 2023) 25 October – Peter Naur, computer science pioneer (died 2016) 7 November – Grethe Krogh, organist and professor (died 2018)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 13 January – Johan Peter Koch, captain and arctic explorer (born 1870) 30 January Johannes Fibiger, physician (born 1867) 25 March Nina Bang, politician (born 1866)
AprilJune 29 April Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (born 1855)
JulySeptember 2 July – Anton Rosen, architect (born 1859) 5 July Valdemar Andersen, artist (born 1875)
OctoberDecember 6 October – Peter Hansen, painter (born 1868) 13 October – Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (born 1847) 15 November Godfred Christensen, painter (born 1845)
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