1937 in Denmark

• Monarch – Christian X • Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning ==Events==

. • 18 May – The state national police force Rigspolitiet – under command of one chief of police – begins operations. • 1 August - Danish acquisition of Thule • 26 September The Storstrøm Bridge is inaugurated. • 14 December – Many documents from the National Archives of Denmark, the Royal Danish Library and Copenhagen University Library relating to Norwegian conditions are transferred to Norway. ==Sports==

Cycling • 2129 August The 1937 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. • Kees Pellenaars (NED) and Frans Slaats (NED) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race. Football • AB wins their third Danish football championship by winning the 1936–37 Danish Championship League. ==Births==

. . JanuaryMarch • 14 January – Erland Kops, badminton player (died 2017) • 11 February Anders Bodelsenm author (died 2021) AprilJune • 14 June – Jørgen Leth, film director, writer, poet (died 2025) July–September • 24 August – Bo Christensen, film producer (died 2020) OctoberDecember • 3 December Søren Krarup, pastor, writer and politician (died 2023) • 14 December Aino Kann Rasmussen, archaeologist and curator • 29 December Ursula Munch-Petersen, ceramist ==Deaths==

. JanuaryJune • 8 February – Martin Borch, architect (born 1852) • 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877) • 7 May – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (born 1870) • 26 March Edvard Ehlers, dermatologist (born 1863) • 23 May Frederik Tesdorpf, landowner qand politician (born 1854) • 11 June – Agnes Slott-Møller, painter (born 1862) JulyDecember • 14 November Carl Hentzen, engineer (born 1863) • 30 December – Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company (born 1852) ==References==