1931 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian X[1]
- Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
- 31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.[2]
The arts
Music
- 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Births
- 7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018)
Deaths
- 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873)
- 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)
- 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869)
- 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856)
- 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875)
- 3 December – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865)
- 23 December – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)
References
- "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "Karen Blixen i Afrika". Karen Blixen Museet. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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