1883 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â J. B. S. Estrup
Events
;July
- 3 July â The temperate reaches 35.0 °C at Flintholm Manor, which was then the highest temerature ever recorded in Denmark.
- October
- 11 October â The Russian tsar family departs from Copenhagen.
- December
- 1 December â The first Great Belt ferries, H/F Korsør and H/F Nyborg, goes into service.
Undated
- Emil Christian Hansen from Carlsberg develops a method for propagating pure yeast which revolutionises the brewing industry. The yeast is named Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis after the brewery.[2]
- Harboe's Brewery is founded in Skælskør.
- The Slagelse Hoard is discovered in Slagelse.
Culture
Art
- The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Thorvald Niss for Winter Scene from Folehaven and Bertha Wegmann for Portrait of the Artist's Sister.
Music
- Danish composer Johan Svendsen is appointed principal conductor of Copenhagen's Royal Theatre Orchestra, despite his lack of experience in the role.[3]
- Danish composer Carl Nielsen, aged 18, visits Copenhagen where he is introduced to Niels Gade. Gade suggests he enrol at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.[4]
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 3 February â Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (d. 1957)
- 11 February â Paul von Klenau, composer and conductor (d. 1946)
- 22 February â Olga Svendsen, actor (died 1942)
- 26 March â Poul Reumert, actor /died 1968)
AprilâJune
- 8 April â Thorvald Andersen, architect /died 1935)
- 23 April â Clara Pontoppidan, actress (died 1975)
- 23 May â Vilhelm Hvalsøe, architect (died 1958)
JulyâSeptember
- 19 August
- Emilius Bangert, composer and organist (d. 1962)
- Helga Ancher, painter (died 1064)
- 23 August â [[]], composer (died 1959)
- 25 September â Einar Middelboe, footballer (died 1968)
OctoberâDecember
- 3 October â Harry August Jansen, entertainer/magician (died 1955 in the United States)
- 8 October â Otto Andrup, museum director (d. 1953)[5]
- 25 October â Ulrik Birch, aviator (died 1913)[6]
- 7 November â Johannes Pedersen, scholar (died 1977)
- 2 December â Pola Gauguin, painter and writer (died 1961)
Deaths
AprilâJune
- 2 May
- Christian Hansen, architect (b. 1803)
- Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (born 1797)
- 4 May â Thorald Brendstrup, painter (b. 1812)
JulyâSeptember
- 14 July â Svend Grundtvig, literary historian and ethnologist (born 1824)
- 25 July â Jens Adolf Jerichau, painter (b. 1816)
- 2 September â Frederik Storch, painter (born 1805)
- 13 September â Frederik Christopher Krohn, medallist and sculptor (born 1806)
OctoberâDecember
- 8 October â Hans Nielsen Jeppesen, businessman (born 1815)
- 24 October â Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff, philologist (born 1842 at sea)
- 30 November â Adda Ravnkilde, writer (born 1862)
- 24 December â Camillus Nyrop, instrument maker (born 1811)