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The following lists events that happened during 1951 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Events

January – March

• 20 March – The United States is given right to use the land of the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial at Hamm in perpetuity.
• Early February - Luxembourg troops arrive in South Korea as, alongside Belgian units, they form a platoon of Belgian United Nations Command during the Korean War.

April – June

• 18 April – Luxembourg is one of six founder signatories of the Treaty of Paris, which establishes the European Coal and Steel Community.
• 25 April – Prince Jean is appointed to the Council of State, replacing Prince Felix.
• 29 May – Societe Electrique de l'Our is founded.
• 3 June – Elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies in the Centre and Nord constituencies. The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) gains 4 seats, taking it to nineteen seats, just behind the Christian Social People's Party (CSV).

July – September

• 3 July – After the LSAP's gains in the election on 3 June, the CSV replaces its coalition partner, the Democratic Party, with Victor Bodson as Deputy Prime Minister in the new government.
• 17 August – Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland, Carl Johan Bernadotte, and Prince Lennart, Duke of Småland are created Counts Bernadotte af Wisborg.
• 29 August – A law is passed making health insurance mandatory for employees and civil servants.
• September - First contingent of Luxembourg soldiers return from the Korean War.

October – December

• 9–13 October - 6 Luxembourg soldiers fight at the Battle of Haktang-ni during the Korean War.
• 4 November – The Luxembourg national football team beats Finland 3-0: its last international victory for ten years.
• 26 November – Charles Léon Hammes is appointed to the Council of State.

Births

• 24 February – Monique Melsen, singer
• 27 April – Viviane Reding, politician
• 26 May – Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
• 3 August – Lucien Weiler, politician
• 20 September – Jhemp Hoscheit, writer
• 30 December – Paul Dahm, composer

Deaths

• 13 July – Nik Welter, writer and politician

Footnotes

1. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. Thewes (2006), p. 131
3. ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
4. ^ Thewes (2006), p. 134
5. Thewes (2006), p. 138

References

• Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

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