1961 in Denmark

The following are events of the year 1961 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederik IX
 * Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann

Events

 * 28 March – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.

Badminton

 * 14–17 March – All England Badminton Championships
 * Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
 * Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
 * Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Badminton

 * 14–16 March – All England Badminton Championships
 * Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
 * Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Births

 * 3 March – Bodil Jørgensen, actress
 * 8 April – Lars Bom, actor
 * 22 May – Dan Frost, cyclist
 * 28 May – Frank Jensen, politician, lord mayor of Copenhagen
 * 20 July – Tommy Christensen, footballer
 * 26 September – Charlotte Fich, actress
 * 19 November – Pernille Svarre, athlete
 * 28 December – Kent Nielsen, footballer and manager

January–March

 * 21 March – Axel Saltom ceramist (born 1889)

April–June

 * 6 June – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1874)

July–September

 * 11 July – Elof Risebye, painter (born 1892)
 * 18 September – Hans Denver, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics (born 1876)

October–December

 * 8 November – Jais Nielsen, painter (born 1885)
 * 20 December
 * Johannes Larsen, nature painter (born 1867)
 * Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923–43 (born 1873)