1944 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1944 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X^[1]
• Prime minister – German military rule

Sports

• Frem win their sixth Danish football championship by winning the 1943–44 Danish War Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 5 March Peter Brandes, artist

AprilJune

• 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

JulySeptember

• 5 October – Nils Malmros, film director

OctoberDecember

• 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

• Niels Fennet, businessman

Deaths

• 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

• November – Jorgen Moeller, chess master (born 1873)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian X: king of Denmark . 17 June 2019 . Encyclopedia Britannica . en.