Events from the year 1959 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – H. C. Hansen
Events 7 January MS Hans Hedtoft departs from Copenhagen on her maiden journey to Greenland. 14 January M/S Hans Hedtoft arrives at Julianehåb. 30 January M/S Hans Hedtoft sinks on the way back to Denmark. 95 lives are lost.
Sports
Date unknown Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN) and Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
JanuaryMarch 14 January Lars Høgh, footballer 18 January Bjarne Henriksen, actor 25 February Poul Erik Tøjner, art historian and museum director
AprilJune 2 April – John Lauridsen, footballer 2 May – Lone Scherfig, film director 22 May – Kenneth Brylle, footballer 26 May Ole Bornedal, film director 5 June – Jesper Worre, cyclist
JulySeptember 22 August Pia Gjellerup, politician 25 August Christian Kettel Thomsen, governor of Danmarks Nationalbank 20 September Mona Juul, politician
OctoberDecember 8 October Erik Gundersen, speedway driver 13 November Lene Hau, physicist 27 November – Pernille Sams, real estate agent, lawyer and politician 26 December Hans Nielsen, speedway rider
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 12 January – Edvard Eriksen, sculptor, creator of the Little Mermaid statue (born 1876) 17 February Ellen Dahl, writer (born 1884) 24 February Frederik Zeuthen, economist (born 1888)
AprilJune 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (born 1871) 21 April – Hakon Andersen, organist and composer (born 1875) 30 April Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (born 1885)
JulySeptember 8 August Harald Christensen, wrestler (born 1884) 18 August Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (born 1886) 19 August Gudrun Bjørner, teacher and politician (born 1898) 2 September – Sigvart Werner, amateur photographer famous for his artistic landscape photographs (born 1872) 20 September William Scharff, painter (born 1886)
OctoberDecember 3 November Frederik Torm, theologian (died 1870) 9 December – John Olsen, film producer (born 1888) 13 December – Ingrid Vang Nyman, illustrator (born 1916)
See also 1959 in Danish television
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