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See also:	Other events of 1947 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year1947 in Denmark.

• Monarch –Christian X (until 20 April),Frederik IX^[1]
• Prime minister –Knud Kristensen (until 13 November),Hans Hedtoft^[2]

• 20 April – KingChristian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his elder son, KingFrederik IX.^[1]
• 13 November – Prime MinisterKnud Kristensen resigns following amotion of no confidence, and is replaced byHans Hedtoft.^[2]

• Ab wins1946–47 Danish 1st Division. It is their sixth Danish football championship.

• 10–14 September – Denmark wins five gold medals and one bronze medal at the1947 European Aquatics Championships.

• 29 June TheRound Zealand sailing race takes place for the first time.

• 23 February –Pia Kjærsgaard, politician

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

• 12 July –Anne Marie Løn, author
• 16 July –Anders Koppel, musician
• 4 September –Claus Hjort Frederiksen, politician
• 10 August –Esben Sloth Andersen, economist
• 27 September –Jesper Tørring, athlete

• 27 December –Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, businessman and investor

• 4 January –Hanna Adler, educator (born1859)
• 10 January –August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films (born1869)
• 15 January –Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer (born1866)
• 13 March –Gerda Christophersen, actress and director (born1870)

• 20 April –Christian X, King of Denmark (born1870)^[3]
• 29 April –Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at thePharmaceutical College inCopenhagen 1920–1947 (born1874)
• 4 May –Cathrine Horsbøl, furnituremaker (born1872)
• 3 June –Sigurd Wandel, painter (born1875)
• 18 June –Ejnar Martin Kjær, teacher and politician (born 1893)
• 25 June –Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the1912 Summer Olympics (born1873)
• 2 August –Sonja Hauberg, writer (born1918)

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