1948 in Luxembourg

← 1947 1946 1945 1948 in Luxembourg → 1949 1950 1951
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See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

• 9 January – The Luxembourg Airlines Company is founded.
• 29 January – The first conference of Benelux foreign ministers is held, in Luxembourg City.^[2]
• 2 February – Luxembourg Airlines Company makes its first flight, from Luxembourg – Findel to Paris – Le Bourget.
• 17 March – Luxembourg signs the Treaty of Brussels.^[3]

• 3 April – The Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n cease publication and are merged into the new Lëtzebuerger Journal.
• 5 April – The Lëtzebuerger Journal begins publication.
• 6 June – Partial elections are held to the Chamber of Deputies, resulting in gains for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party at the expense of the Christian Social People's Party

• 14 July – In the aftermath of the previous month's election, the government is reshuffled, with Nicolas Margue and Lambert Schaus replaced by Pierre Frieden and Aloyse Hentgen.
• 26 July – At the 1948 Summer Olympics, the Luxembourg national football team records its largest-ever victory, beating Afghanistan 6–0.
• 29 July – The 1948 Summer Olympics proper begin, with 45 competitors from Luxembourg. None wins a medal.
• 4 August – Émile Raus, Lambert Schaus, and André Origer are appointed to the Council of State, replacing Michel Rasquin and Pierre Frieden.^[4]

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• 30 January – Aly Jaerling, politician
• 7 May – Marc Agosta, athlete
• 19 November – Robert Biever, member of the Council of State^[4]

• 8 November – Jean-Pierre Muller, cyclist

• 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.