1947 in Denmark

Events from the year 1947 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian X (until 20 April), Frederik IX
 * Prime minister – Knud Kristensen (until 13 November), Hans Hedtoft

Events

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

Football

 * Ab wins 1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.

Swimming

 * 10–14 September – Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships.

Other

 * 29 June The Round Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.

January–March

 * 23 February – Pia Kjærsgaard, politician

April–June

 * 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer
 * 30 April – Birthe Neumann, actor

July–September

 * 12 July – Anne Marie Løn, author
 * 16 July – Anders Koppel, musician
 * 2 August – Sonja Hauberg, writer (born 1918)
 * 4 September – Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician
 * 27 September – Jesper Tørring, athlete

October–December

 * 27 December – Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, businessman and investor

January–March

 * 28 May – Hanna Adler, educator (born 1759)
 * 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)

April–June

 * 20 April – Christian X, King of Denmark (born 1870)
 * 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947 (born 1874)
 * 4 May – Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker (born 1872)
 * 3 June – Sigurd Wandel, painter (born 1875)
 * 18 June – Ejnar Martin Kjær, teacher and politician (born 1893)
 * 25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1873)