{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Year in Denmark|1953}} Events from the year '''1953 in Denmark'''.
==Incumbents== * Monarch – Frederik IX<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> * Prime minister – Erik Eriksen (until 30 September), Hans Hedtoft
==Events== In 1953 the Danish constitution was amended, allowing for female succession to the throne. King Frederik IX's eldest daughter (and child) Princess Margrethe, replaced her uncle Prince Knud as ''heir-presumptive''.
==Sports== ===Badminton=== * 22 March {{ndash}} Marie U. Nylen wins gold in Women's Singles at the All England Badminton Championships
===Cycling=== * Date unknown {{ndash}} Lucien Gillen (LUX) and Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
===Football=== * 20 January {{ndash}} Boldklubben Avarta is founded.
==Births== [[File:Anders Fogh Rasmussen by Christian Ursilva.jpg|thumb|120px|Anders Fogh Rasmussen.]] ===January{{ndash}}March=== * 26 January – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 2001–09, Secretary General of NATO 2009–14 * 29 January {{ndash}} David Gress, historian * 29 March – Jørgen Emborg, jazz pianist
===April{{ndash}}June=== * 10 April – Søren Busk, footballer * 15 April – Frank Andersen, ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet master * 5 May {{ndash}} Lene Køppen, badminton player
===July{{ndash}}September=== * 30 July – Anne Linnet, singer, composer، and writer * 10 September – Michael Schønwandt, conductor * 11 September – Lars H.U.G., musician and painter
==Deaths== [[File:Carl Brummer.jpg|thumb|120px|Carl Brummer.]] ===January{{ndash}}March=== * 16 January {{ndash}} Valdemar Henckel, businessman, company founder (born 1877) * 17 January – Hans Peter Hansen, journalist and politician (born 1872) * 14 February – Carl Brummer, architect (born 1864) * 15 February{{ndash}} Karen Poulsen, actress (born 1881) * 22 February {{ndash}} Arnold Busck, bookseller, company founder (born 1871) * 16 March {{ndash}} Svend Ranulf, philosopher (died 1894)
===April{{ndash}}June=== * 3 April {{ndash}} Vilhelm Andersen, writer and historian (born 1864) * 30 April {{ndash}} Morten Pedersen Porsild, botanist (born 1872) * 7 May {{ndash}} Aage Rafn, architect (born 1890)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Aage_Rafn|title=Aage Rafn|language=Danish|publisher=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
===July{{ndash}}September=== * 22 July {{ndash}} Charlotte Wedell, mathematicians (born 1867) * 27 July – Jørgen Arenholt, tennis player, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (born 1876) * 24 August {{ndash}} Otto Andrup, museum director (born 1773)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Otto_Andrup|title=Otto Andrup|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref>
===October{{ndash}}December=== * 25 October {{ndash}} Holger Pedersen, linguist (born 1867) * 25 November {{ndash}} Anna Bloch, actress (born 1868) * 27 November {{ndash}} Emil Bønnelycke, poet (born 1893)
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