Events from the year 1937 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
18 May – The state national police force Rigspolitiet – under command of one chief of police – begins operations. 1 August - Danish acquisition of ThuleDanish Accession to the Thule District, 1937 (PDF) 26 September The Storstrøm Bridge is inaugurated. 14 December – Many documents from the National Archives of Denmark, the Royal Danish Library and Copenhagen University Library relating to Norwegian conditions are transferred to Norway.
Sports
Cycling 2129 August The 1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. Kees Pellenaars (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Football AB wins their third Danish football championship by winning the 1936–37 Danish Championship League.
Births
JanuaryMarch 14 January – Erland Kops, badminton player (died 2017) 11 February Anders Bodelsenm author (died 2021)
AprilJune 14 June – Jørgen Leth, film director, writer, poet (died 2025)
July–September 24 August – Bo Christensen, film producer (died 2020)
OctoberDecember 3 December Søren Krarup, pastor, writer and politician (died 2023) 14 December Aino Kann Rasmussen, archaeologist and curator 29 December Ursula Munch-Petersen, ceramist
Deaths
JanuaryJune 8 February – Martin Borch, architect (born 1852) 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877) 7 May – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1870) 26 March Edvard Ehlers, dermatologist (born 1863) 23 May Frederik Tesdorpf, landowner qand politician (born 1854) 11 June – Agnes Slott-Møller, painter (born 1862)
JulyDecember 14 November Carl Hentzen, engineer (born 1863) 30 December – Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company (born 1852)
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