Danish electoral age referendum, 1961

A referendum on reducing the voting age from 21 to 23 was held in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

on 30 May 1961. It was approved by 55% of voters with a 37.3% turnout.

The electoral age in Denmark had previously been lowered from 25 to 23 in a 1953 referendum

Danish constitutional and electoral age referendum, 1953

A constitutional and electoral age referendum as held in Denmark on 28 May 1953. Both proposals were approved by voters, leading to both a new constitution taking effect on 5 June, and the electoral age being lowered from 25 to 23 years, also starting on 5 June...

, and would go on to be reduced to 20 years following a 1971 referendum

Danish electoral age referendum, 1971

A referendum on lowering the voting age from 21 to 20 was held in Denmark on 21 September 1971. The change was approved by 56.5% of voters, with a turnout of 86.2%. A previous referendum had been unsuccessful in lowering the electoral age to 18 years, which was introduced after a 1978 referendum...

and finally to 18 years following a 1978 referendum

Danish electoral age referendum, 1978

A referendum on lowering the voting age from 20 to 18 was held in Denmark on 19 September 1978. It was held after the Danish government lowering the age of majority from 20 to 18 in 1976. The change was approved by 53.8% of voters with a turnout of 63.2%...

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	586,113	55.0
Against	479,146	45.0
Invalid/blank votes	9,299	–
Total	1,074,558	100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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