1973 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1973 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]- Monarch – Margrethe II[1]
- Prime minister – Anker Jørgensen (until 19 December), Poul Hartling
Events
[edit | edit source]- 1 January – Denmark joined the European Economic Community (EEC) along with Ireland and the United Kingdom.
- 4 December – 1973 Danish parliamentary election is held, it is later to become known as the Landslide Election (Danish: Jordskredsvalget), because 5 new parties got elected, and more than half the members of the parliament were replaced.[2]
Sports
[edit | edit source]Badminton
[edit | edit source]- 12–17 March – 1973 Denmark Open
- Elo Hansen and Ulla Strand win gold in mixed doubles
Handball
[edit | edit source]- 1 May – GOG Håndbold is founded
Births
[edit | edit source]January–March
[edit | edit source]- 4 January – Frank Høj, cyclist
- 10 January – Jakob Cedergren, actor
- 11 March – Bjarne Corydon, politician, editor-in-chief
- 16 March – Inger Støjberg, politician
- 24 March – Mette Jacobsen, freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- 29 March – Kasper Holten, stage director
April–September
[edit | edit source]- 29 April – Yildiz Akdogan, politician
- 5 July – Camilla Andersen, handball player
- 24 September – Barbara Bertelsen, civil servant
- 25 September – Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, politician
October–December
[edit | edit source]- 9 October – Thomas Frank
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- 9 April – Sigurd Swane, painter (born 1879)
- 1 May – Asger Jorn, painter (born 1914)
- 9 August – Christian Arhoff, actor (born 1893)
- 23 November – Helga Foght, textile artist (born 1902)
