1881 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
May
- 24 May â the May 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
July
- 26 July â the July 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
September
- 1 September â Rysensteen Gymnasium is established in Copenhagen.
- 21 September â the Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, is unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal.
October
- 1 October â The HerningâSkjern section of the SkanderborgâSkjern railway line opens.
Undated
- The Neye luggage company is established in Copenhagen.
- Danish Distillers open in Aalborg.
- De Danske Spritfabrikker is founded by C.F. Tietgen, Isidor Henius and C.A. Olesen through the merger of a number of existing distilleries.
- Copenhagen Business College is founded.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 15 January â Børge Nyrop, painter (died 1948)
AprilâJune
- 24 April â Harald Giersing, painter (died 1927)
- 10 May â Karen Poulsen, actress (died 1053)
JulyâSeptember
- 6 July â Nancy Dalberg, composer (died 1949)
- 3 August â Birger Wøllner Gaarn, composer and organist (died 1949)
- 23 July â Frits Holm, journalist, author and explorer (died 1930 in the United States)
- 26 July â Harriet Bloch, actress (died 1975)
- 11 September â Asta Nielsen, actress (died 1972)
OctoberâDecember
- 16 October â Vilhelm Buhl, politician (died 1954)
- 16 October â Henry Rambusch, footballer (died 1954)
- 23 October â Axel Jørgensen, composer (died 1947)
- 13 November â Carl Schenstrøm, actor (died 1942)
- 25 November â Peder Gram, composer and organist (died 1956)
- 8 December â Anna Henriques-Nielsen, actress (died 1962)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 9 March â Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark (born 1796)
- 31 March â Princess Caroline of Denmark (born 1793)
AprilâJune
- 11 May â Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, painter (born 1819 in Poland)
- 21 June â Emil Normann, painter (born 1798)
- 31 May â Emmerik Høegh-Guldberg, painter (died 1807)
KilyâSeptember
- 20 September â Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator (Born 1811)
- 24 September â Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer (born 1827)