Events from the year 1944 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – German military rule
Sports Frem win their sixth Danish football championship by winning the 1943–44 Danish War Tournament.
Births
JanuaryMarch 5 March Peter Brandes, artist
AprilJune 8 April – Anders Refn, film editor and director 10 April – Jørgen Jensen, athlete (died 2009) 11 April – Joen Bille, actor 9 May – Bente Juncker, politician 2 June Poul Richardt Høj Jensen, sailor
JulySeptember 20 July – Niels Fennet, businessman 24 September Sven-Ole Thorsen, actor
OctoberDecember 5 October Nils Malmros, filmmaker 7 October – Claus Bjørn, author and historian (died 2005) 13 November Jesper Klein, actor and media personality (died 2011) 18 November Suzanne Brøgger, author 21 November Tom Bogs, boxer (died 2023)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 3 January – Aage Hertel, actor (born 1873) 4 January – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest (born 1898) 21 February Tom Bogs, boxer
MayJune 1 May Paul Gustav Fischer, painter (born 1860)
JulySeptember 7 September – Ole Olsen, sport shooter, Olympic bronze medalist in team free rifle in 1912 (born 1869)
OctoberDecember 5 October Prince Gustav of Denmark, prince (born 1887) 8 October Carl Jensen Burrau, mathematician (born 1867)
20 November – Jorgen Moeller, chess master (born 1873)
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