1871 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg
Events
- January
- 2 January – The Stöðulög, laws on the constitutional standing of Iceland within the Danish realm, are passed.
- May
- 2 May – The Skanderborg–Silkeborg railway line is inaugurated
- 5 October – Den Danske Landmandsbank, Hypothek- og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn, present-day Danske Bank, is founded.
- August
- 15 August – The Vendsyssel Railway is inaugurated with the first train to Frederikshavn.
- 15 October – The Social Democratic party is founded by Louis Pio, Harald Brix and Paul Geleff.
- November
- 8 November – At Lyksborg Slot, Princess Thyra gives birth to a daughter, conceived in a love affair with a cavalry lieutenant. The girl is adopted by a couple in Odense shortly after birth.
Date unknown
- The first private kindergarten in Denmark is established in Copenhagen by writer Erna Juel-Hansen. Kindergarten with public support are not seen until 1901.[2]
- The Danish Women's Society, the world's oldest women's rights organization, is founded.[3]
Culture
Art
- Janus la Cour is awarded the Rhorvaldsen Exhibition Medal for the painting Aften ved Nemisøen.
Births
January–March
- 15 February – Martin Knudsen, physicist and researcher after whom the Knudsen gas state, the Knudsen number, and the Knudsen layer are named (died 1949)
- 20 March – Mogens Ballin, painter and silversmith (died 1914)
April–June
- 5 April – Søren Absalon Larsen, physicist active in the field of electroacoustics; the Larsen effect was named after him (died 1957)
- 13 June – Elna Munch, feminist, suffragist and politician, one of the three first women to be elected to the Danish parliament in 1918 (died 1945)
- 16 June – Ingeborg Suhr Mailand, educator (died 1969)
July–September
- 19 July – Lars Jørgen Madsen, multiple Olympic medalist in rifle shooting (died 1925)
- 29 July – August Paulsen, Danish-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1927)
October–December
- 2 November – Poul Heegaard, mathematician active in the field of topology, professor in mathematics at the University of Copenhagen 1910–1917, professor in mathematics at the University of Kristiania 1917–1941 (died 1948)
- 5 November – Susanne Lindberg, sports cyclist (died 1934)
- 12 November – Dagmar Hansen, cabaret singer and stage performer, Denmark's first pin-up girl (died 1959)
- 29 November – Arnold Busck, bookseller, company founder (died 1953)
- 10 December – Jens Christian Bay, Danish-American writer and librarian (died 1962)
- 14 December – Harald Moltke, nobleman, painter and author (died 1960)
Deaths
January–March
- 2 January – Niels Kjærbølling, ornithological writer and lithographer, founder of Copenhagen Zoo (born 1806)
- 28 January – Thorgeir Guðmundsson, Icelandic-Danish clergy and publisher (born 1797)
- 1 March – Johan Henrik Nebelong, architect (born 1817)
- 19 March – Frederik Oxholm, colonial administrator (born 1801)
- 28 March – Johan Vilhelm Gertner, portrait painter (born 1818)
April–June
- 5 June – Erich Christian Werlauff, historian (born 1781)
July–September
- 21 August – Abraham Marcus Hirschsprung, businessman born 1793)
October–December
- 9 October – Niels Sigfred Nebelong, historicist-style architect, resident architect for the Danish lighthouse authority (born 1806)
- 14 October – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (born 1797)
- 15 October – Oscar O'Neill Oxholm, military officer and landowner (born 1809)
- 2 December – Moritz Unna, photographer (born 1811)
- 12 December – Henrik Rung, composer, conductor and vocal pedagogue (born 1807)
- 27 December – Carl Ferdinand Allen, historian (born 1811)