1951 in Denmark

Events from the year 1951 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederik IX
 * Prime minister – Erik Eriksen

Events

 * 23 January – The hospital ship MS Jutlandia departs from Copenhagen, bound for Jorea.

Badminton

 * 7–11 March – All England Badminton Championships
 * Aase Schiøtt Jacobsen wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships.
 * Tonny Ahm and Kirsten Thorndahl wins gold in Women's Doubles
 * Poul Holm and Tonny Ahm win gold in Mixed Doubles

Date unknown

 * Kay Werner Nielsen (DEN) and Oscar Plattner (SUI) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

Births

 * 1 March – Birger Jensen, footballer
 * 12 May – Jacob Groth, film score composer
 * 25 July – Frank Aaen, politician
 * 7 November – Anne Grethe Jensen, equestrian
 * 17 November – Czeslaw Kozon, prelate of the Catholic Church

Deaths

 * 6 April – Marie-Sophie Nielsen, communist leader and founding member of the Danish Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Party of Denmark (born 1875)
 * 14 May – Kristian Hansen Kofoed, politician (born 1879)
 * 26 June – Gerda Henning, designer (died 1891)
 * 28 June – Thora Daugaard, women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator (born 1874)
 * 19 August – Christian Geisler, organist and composer (born 1869)
 * 23 September – Erik Arup, historian (born 1876)