1947 in Denmark

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	Other events of 1947; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X (until 20 April), Frederick IX (starting 20 April)[1]
Prime minister – Knud Kristensen (until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft (starting 13 November)[2]

20 April – King Christian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his son, King Frederick IX.[1]
13 November – Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigns following a motion of no confidence, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft.[2]

10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born 1869)
15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (born 1866)
20 April – Christian X, King of Denmark (born 1870)[3]
29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947 (born 1874)
25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1873)

"Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 221. ISBN 9781134264902.
"Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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