Events from the year 1960 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Frederick IX
Prime minister – H. C. Hansen (until 19 February), Viggo Kampmann
Events
15 November – The 1960 parliamentary election is held. 28 November – The Danish Academy is founded.
Sports
Badminton
1923 March All England Badminton Championships
Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Single
Erland Kops and Poul-Erik Nielsen win gold in Men's Doubles
Finn Kobberø and Kirsten Thorndahl win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.
Date unknown
Emile Severeyns (BEL) and Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
15 April – Susanne Bier, film director
8 July – Susanne Nielsson, breaststroke swimmer
10 August Lone Gram, microbiologist
19 August Morten Andersen, American-football player
15 September Connie Hedegaard, politician and public intellectual
29 October – Jens Winther, jazz trumpeter (died 2011)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
21 January – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (born 1886) 27 January – Gudmund Hatt, archaeologist and cultural geographer (born 1884) 19 February – H. C. Hansen, politician and Prime Minister 1955–60 (born 1906) 27 March – Holger Jacobsen, architect (born 1876)
AprilJune
18 April – C. L. David, lawyer, art collector and philanthropist (born 1878) 24 June – Harald Moltke, nobleman, painter and author (born 1871)
JulySeptember
27 July Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer (born 1890) 16 August – Christine Swane, painter associated with the "Funen Painters" (born 1876) 26 August – Knud Enemark Jensen, racing cyclist (born 1936) 1 September – Knud Heglund, actor (born 1894)
OctoberDecember
11 December – Svend Rindom, (screen)writer and actor (born 1884) 12 December – Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen, sculptor and ceramist, model master of Bing & Grøndahl 1897–1917, artistic director of Norden 1917–1925 (born 1874) 22 December – Sophus Black, telegraph manager and art collector (born 1882)