Events from the year 1971 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag
Events
Sports August 15–September 5 – The 1971 Women's World Cup in Association football (an event not recognized by FIFA) is staged in Mexico: Denmark will be the winners. 10 September – Ole Olsen wins the 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Births
JanuaryMarch 12 January - Peter Madsen, convicted murderer, former engineer and entrepreneur 13 January Caspar Phillipson, actor 7 February - Nicolai Wammen, politician 18 February - Thomas Bjørn, professional golfer 23 February - Nukâka Coster-Waldau, actress 25 February - Morten Wieghorst, football coach and former football player 13 March - Allan Nielsen, footballer
AprilJune 5 May Helene Kirkegaard, badminton player Anette Hoffmann, handball player 21 May Kristian Jensen, politician 5 June Rane Willerslev, anthropologist Eske Willerslev, biologist 24 June Thomas Helveg. footballer
JulySeptember 23 August Mads Fuglede, journalist and politician
OctoberDecember 5 November Michael Jansson, economist 30 November Pia Olsen Dyhr, politician 31 December Søren Pape Poulsen, politician (died 2024)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 24 March – Arne Jacobsen, architect, furniture designer (born 1902)
AprilJune 1 May – Ejnar Mikkelsen, Polar explorer and author (born 1880)
JulySeptember 13 September Harald Lander, dancer (born 1905)
OctoberDecember 6 October Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmacologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder (born 1888) 10 October – Hans Rasmus Hansen, politician (born 1896)
See also 1971 in Danish television
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