Events from the year 1931 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning
Events
31 August – Karen Blixen returns to Denmark after living 28 years in Kenya, settling at her native Rungstedlund.
The arts
Music 14 August – Premiere performance of Carl Nielsen's Commotio, the composer's last major work, in Aarhus Cathedral.
Sports Cycling 21–30 August The 1931 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen Willy Hansen wins gold in men's sprint. Helger Harder, Willy Gervin and Anker Meyer-Andersen win gold, silver and bronze in men's sprint at the Amateur event. 26 August Henry Hansen wins gold in Amateur Road Race at the 1931 UCI Road World Championships.
Football Frem wins their second Danish football championship by winning the 1930–31 Danish Championship League. 4 August Holbæk B&I is founded.
Births 7 July – Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, film director and screenwriter (died 2018) 15 December – Klaus Rifbjerg, writer (died 2015)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 16 January – Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, botanist (born 1873) 18 February – Peter Elfelt, photographer (born 1866)
AprilJune 11 April Sophus Claussen, writer (born 1754) 15 April – Knud V. Engelhardt, industrial designer (born 1882) 4 May – Christian Klengenberg, whaler, trapper and trader (born 1869) 2 June – Harald Høffding, philosopher and theologian (born 1843) 7 June – Arnold Krog, designer (born 1856) 17 June Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (born 1846)
JulySeptember 8 August – Einar Hein, landscape painter associated with the "Skagen Painters" (born 1875) 30 August Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (born 1886) 11 September Maria Nielsen, historian and educator (born 1882) 16 September Niels Nielsen , mathematician (born 1865 23 September – Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, engineer (born 1866)
OctoberDecember 3 October – Carl Nielsen, composer (born 1865) 20 December – Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (born 1847)
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