Events from the year 1964 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag
Events 21 March – Denmark hosts the Eurovision Song Contest and finishes in 9th place. 22 September – The 1964 parliamentary election is held.
Sport January–February – Denmark participates in the 1964 Winter Olympics. October – Denmark participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins six medals.
Badminton 14 April All England Open Badminton Championships Knud Aage Nielsen wins gold in Men's Single Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Double Karin Jørgensen and Ulla Strand win gold in Women's Double
Football 19 April Naja Abelsen, painter and illustrator 30 March – the 1964 Jutland Series is launched 7 May Esbjerg fB wins the 1963–64 Danish Cup by defeating KFUMs Boldklub Odense 21 in the final. 17–20 June – Denmark participates in 1964 European Nations' Cup in France. 17 June – Denmark is defeated by the Soviet Union in the semi-final. 20 June – Denmark is defeated by Hungary in the bronze match. 15 November – the 1964 Jutland Series final is played
Births
JanuaryMarch 13 January – Claus Nielsen, footballer 30 January Torsten Gejl, politician 4 February – Marianne Gaarden, bishop 21 March – Jesper Skibby, cyclist
AprilJune 3 April – Bjarne Riis, cyclist 8 April – Janne Teller, author 22 April – Bo Gunge, composer 6 May – Lars Mikkelsen, actor 10 May Mai Gehrke, mathematician 15 May – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 25th Prime Minister of Denmark 1 June – Marianne Florman, handball player 15 June – Michael Laudrup, football player 30 June – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Ex-wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark
JulySeptember 6 August Sara Blædel, author
9 September – Cæcilie Norby, jazz and rock singer 18 September – Curt Hansen, chess grandmaster 25 September Ida Jessen, author
OctoberDecember 11 October – Christian Dyvig, businessman 3 November Paprika Steen, actress 11 December Niels Christian Meyer, television host 20 December Morten Løkkegaard, politician
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 1 January Thyge Petersen, boxer (born 1902) 27 March Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (born 1887)
JanuaryMarch 16 February Jette Bang photographer (born 1914) 27 March – Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (born 1887)
AprilJune 10 May – Harald Tandrup, writer (born 1874) 5 June Lauge Koch, geologist and Arctic explorer (born 1892) 21 May Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (born 1886)
JulySeptember 14 July – Prince Axel of Denmark (born 1888) 12 August Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, businessman, company founder (born 1878) 28 September Arild Rosenkrantz, nobleman, painter, sculptor, stained-glass artist and illustrator (born 1870)
OctoberDecember 21 October – Carl Johan Hviid, actor (born 1899)
26 November – Bodil Ipsen, actress and film director (born 1889)
See also 1964 in Danish television
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