Events from the year 1956 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events 15 February – Denmark and the People's Republic of China upgrade diplomatic relations from ministerial to ambassadorial level and exchange ambassadors. 1 June – Salling Group is founded. 17 March – The 1956 Danish general strike begins. Ø 13 April Demonstrations are held in major cities around the country. The one in Copenhagen attracts around 200m000 people. Aksel Larsen gives a speech at Christiansborg Slotsplads. 15 April – The 1956 Danish general strike ends.
Undated The Danish Refugee Council was founded in response to the refugee crisis caused by the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Hørsholmvejen (now part of the Helsingør Motorway) becomes the first motorway in Denmark. N. Foss Electric is founded by Niels Foss. The Arnamagnæan Institute is founded. The new Tivoli Concert Hall is completed in Copenhagen.
Culture Music Four Jacks is founded.
Sports Badminton 17 March Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double at the All England Badminton Championships
Cycling 27 Augustus – 2 September The 1956 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
Football 2 June BK Frem wins the 1955–56 Danish Cup by defeating AB 10 in the final.
Date unknown Dominique Forlini (FRA) and Georges Senfftleben (FRA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Gerrit Schulte (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
JanuaryMarch 17 February – Nina Høiberg, chess player 29 February – Birgit Aagard-Svendsen, business executive 13 March – John Frandsen, composer 18 March – Allan Olsen, folkrock musician and singer-songwriter
AprilJune 8 April – Peter Aalbæk Jensen, film producer 24 April – Steen Pade, composer 28 April – Henrik Wenzel, engineer 30 April – Lars von Trier, director and screenwriter 8 May – Søren Ulrik Thomsen, poet, essayist 10 May – Mickey Faerch, Danish-Canadian dancer, actress and rapper 18 May – Birgitte Bonnesen, business executive 19 May – Susanne Augustesen, football player 28 May – Poul Krebs, singer 14 June – Lim Petersen, aka King Diamond, singer
JulySeptember 5 September Henrik Birch, actor 6 September Poul Lange, artist 16 September Michael Falch, singer 30 September – Frank Arnesen, football player and manager
OctoberDecember 9 October Ivan Nielsen, football player 1 November Jens Peter Christensen, judge 3 November Birgit Kleis, politician 29 November – Lene Tranberg, architect and co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg 14 December Kristine Jensen, landscape architect 19 December – Jens Fink-Jensen, poet, author, photographer, composer and architect 30 December – Jes Holtsø, actor
Full date missing Kristine Jensen, landscape architect
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 4 February Peder Gram, composer and organist (born 1881) 13 February Richard Olsen, rower (born 1911) 7 March – Johannes Gandil, athlete and footballer, competitor in athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medallist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (born 1873)
AprilJune 30 April – Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist active in Greenland (born 1872)
17 June – Leck Fischer, writer (born 1904)
JulySeptember 21 July – Ejnar Nielsen, painter and illustrator, central proponent of symbolist painting (born 1872) 25 July – Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (born 1873) 31 August Helvig Kinch, painter and illustrator (born 1872)
OctoberDecember 30 November – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (born 1874) 5 December – Christian Christensen, track and field athlete, competitor at the 1900 Summer Olympics (born 1876)
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