Events from the year 1944 in Denmark.
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See also: | Other events of 1944 List of years in Denmark |
Incumbents
edit- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – German military rule
Sports
edit- Frem win their sixth Danish football championship by winning the 1943–44 Danish War Tournament.
Births
editJanuary–March
edit- 5 March – Peter Brandes, artist
April–June
edit- 8 April – Anders Refn, film editor and director
- 10 April – Jørgen Jensen, athlete (died 2009)
- 11 April – Joen Bille, actor
- 2 June – Poul Richardt Høj Jensen, sailor
July–September
edit- 5 October – Nils Malmros, film director
October–December
edit- 5 October – Nils Malmros, filmmaker
- 7 October – Claus Bjørn, author and historian (died 2005)
- 13 November – Jesper Klein, actor and media personality (died 2011)
- 21 November – Tom Bogs, bixer (died 2023)
Full date unknown
edit- Niels Fennet, businessman
Deaths
edit- 3 January – Aage Hertel, actor (born 1873)
- 4 January – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest (born 1898)
- 21 February – Tom Bogs, boxer
- 1 May – Paul Gustav Fischer, painter (born 1860)
- 7 September – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle in 1912 (born 1869)
Date unknown
edit- November – Jorgen Moeller, chess master (born 1873)
References
edit- ^ "Christian X: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.