Events from the year 1954 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft
Events 2 March The 1954 Danish local elections is held.
Sports
Date unknown Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births JanuaryMarch 16 January Morten P. Meldal, chemist 19 February Hans Thybo, geophysicist 28 February Henning Hyllested, politician 29 January Niels Eje, music composer and oboist 31 January Michael Melchior, rabbi 25 March Bendt Bendtsen, politician
AprilJune 15 June Dan Laustsen, cinematographer Uffe Elbæk, politician 29 June Helle Juul, architect
JulySeptember 27 July – Rose Marie Tillisch, actress 12 September Ole Sohn, politician and writer Jakob Sølvhøj, politician 16 September – Dan Folke, composer (born 1906)
OctoberDecember 10 October Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive 10 November Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, sports shooter (d. 2025) 14 December Ib Andersen, ballet dancer, choreographer, and painter. 26 December Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1889)
Date unknown
Deaths JanuaryMarch 31 January Astrid Rosing Sawyer, businesswoman and translator (born 1874) 11 March Cai Gundelach, equestrian (born 1891)
AprilJune 5 April Øjvind Winge, biologist (born 1886) 1 June – Martin Andersen Nexø, socialist, later communist, writer (born 1869)
JulySeptember 8 July – Sigurd Langberg, actor (born 1897) 27 July Thorvald Ellegaard, cyclist (born 1877) 29 August Thyra Manicus-Hansen, ceramist (born 1872)
OctoberDecember 6 October – Hakon Børresen, composer (born 1876) 8 October – Morten Korch, writer of populist stories and romances (born 1876) 10 October Lars Rebien Sørensen, business executive 11 November – Johannes Giersing, chess master (born 1872) 18 December Vilhelm Buhl, politician (born 1881) 26 December Astrid Noack, sculptor (born 1888)
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