1953 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick IX
• Prime minister – Erik Eriksen, Hans Hedtoft

  Events

Births

• 26 January – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 2001–09, Secretary General of NATO 2009–14
• 19 March – Jørgen Emborg, jazz pianist
• 15 April – Frank Andersen, ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet master

  Deaths

• 14 February – Carl Brummer, architect
• 27 July – Jørgen Arenholt, tennis player, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics