1949 in Denmark

Events from the year 1949 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederik IX
 * Prime minister – Hans Hedtoft

Events

 * 30 March – Prince Harald, uncle of King Frederik IX, dies in Copenhagen at age 72, following two years of illness.

Badminton

 * 5 March – Tonny Ahm wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.

Cycling

 * 22–28 August – The 1949 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
 * Knud Andersen wins gold in Men's individual pursuit.

Football

 * KB wins the 1948–49 Danish 1st Division. It is their 10th Danish football championship.

January–March

 * 4 January – Torben Hardenberg, goldsmith
 * 27 January – Per Røntved, footballer (died 2023)
 * 27 March – Poul Ruders, composer

April–June

 * 22 April – Per Bak Jensen, photographer

July–September

 * 14 August – Morten Olsen, football player
 * 14 September – Tommy Seebach, singer, composer, and keyboardist (died 2003)

October–December

 * 5 October – Thomas Clausen, jazz pianist
 * 11 December – Peter Brixtofte, politician (died 2016)
 * 19 December – Sebastian, singer, guitarist and composer

January–March

 * 3 February – Harald Simonsen, businessman (born 1873)
 * 6 March – Robert Storm Petersen, cartoonist, painter, inventor, writer (born 1882)
 * 30 March – Prince Harald, royal, army officer (born 1876)

April–June

 * 27 May – Martin Knudsen, physicist and researcher after whom the Knudsen gas state, the Knudsen number, and the Knudsen layer are named (born 1871)
 * 28 June – Laurits Larsen, Olympic sport shooter and bronze medalist (born 1872)

July–September

 * 13 September – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (born 1874)
 * 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, composer (born 1881)

October–December

 * 7 November – Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (born 1886)
 * 12 November – Christian Schmiegelow, businessman (born 1859)
 * 22 December – Svend Olufsen, engineer and company founder (born 1897)