1954 in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

• The 1954 World Fencing Championships are held in Luxembourg City.

  January – March

• 1 January – D'Lëtzebuerger Land is launched as an independent weekly newspaper.

  April – June

• 20 May – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Social People's Party gains 5 seats, while the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party lose two each.
• 29 June The Bech-Bodson Ministry is expanded, with Pierre Werner, Émile Colling, and Paul Wilwertz appointed to the government.

  July – September

October – December

Births

• 2 February – Jean Colombera, politician
• 7 February – Roger Negri, politician
• 17 February – Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
• 23 February – Frank Hoffmann, film director
• 26 February – Georges Pierret, jurist and member of the Council of State
• 7 March – Lydie Lorang, judge and member of the Council of State
• 23 March – Agnès Rausch, member of the Council of State
• 3 April – Anne-Marie, Princess of Ligne
• 10 April – Viviane Loschetter, politician
• 13 April – Guy Arendt, jurist and politician
• 27 April – René Clesse, journalist
• 10 June – Jean-Claude Reding, trade unionist
• 22 July – Nico Edon, jurist and member of the Council of State
• 2 August – Walter Civitareale, composer
• 13 September – Ali Ruckert, politician and journalist
• 26 October – Raymond Petit, artist
• 17 November – Max Kohn, artist
• 27 November – Jean Sorrente, writer
• 9 December – Jean-Claude Juncker, politician and Prime Minister
• 22 December – Romain Hilgert, journalist
• 31 December – Georges Wivenes, judge and member of the Council of State
• Marc Jaeger, judge

  Deaths

• 3 March – Léon Metzler, jurist and politician
• 3 April – Paul de Pidoll, illustrator
• 29 April – Joseph Duhr, writer
• 15 May – Norbert Jacques, screenwriter
• 31 July – Antoinette, Crown Princess of Bavaria
• 3 August – Jean Curot, sculptor

  Footnotes