1947 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X, Frederick IX
• Prime minister – Knud Kristensen, Hans Hedtoft

  Events

• 20 April – King Christian X dies, and is succeeded on the throne by his son, King Frederick IX.
• 13 November – Prime Minister Knud Kristensen resigns following a motion of no confidence, and is replaced by Hans Hedtoft.

  Births

• 29 April – Jacob Holdt, photographer

  Deaths

• 10 January – August Blom, film director, production leader and pioneer of silent films
• 15 January – Georg Carl Amdrup, admiral, polar explorer
• 20 April – Christian X, King of Denmark
• 29 April – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947
• 25 June – Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medallist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics