1886 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- 14 April
- HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
- Ringkøbing Landbobank is founded.
- 20 April FDB is founded.
- 17 August – King Luís I of Portugal is received at Amalienborg Palace during his visit to Denmark.
Undated
- The Circus Building in Copenhagen is completed.
Culture
- The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Viggo Johansen for the painting Evening talk.
Sports
- 17 July – Boldklubben Frem is founded.
Births
January–March
- 17 January – Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (died 1959)
- 26 January
- Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (died 1955)
- Kræsten Iversen, artist (died 1955)
- 17 February – Ole Falkentorp, architect (died 1948)
- 20 February – Peter Freuchen, arctuc explorer and writer (died 1957)
April–June
- 26 April – Olaf Rude, painter (died 1957)
- 1 May – Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (died 1949)
- 12 May – Kay Nielsen, illustrator (died 1957 in the United States)
- 16 May – Peter L. Jensen, engineer and inventor (died 1961 in the United States)
- 17 May – Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, architect (died 1960)
- 19 May
- Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (died 1964)
- Øjvind Winge, biologist (died 1954)
- 30 June – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (died 1960)
July–September
- 12 July – Jean Hersholt, actor (died 1956 in the United States)
- 15 August – Kay Bojesen, designer (died 1958)
- 13 September – Ellen Dahl, writer (died 1959)
- 29 September – Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (died 1931)
October–December
- 12 October – Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (died 1980)
- 30 October – William Scharff, painter (died 1959)
- 16 December – Ingeborg Pehrson, asctress (died 1950)
Deaths
- 14 January – Anders Peter Westenholz, businessman and consul-general (born 1825)[2]
- 30 April – Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (born 1811)
- 15 October – Vilhelm Christian Holm, composer (born 1820)
- 12 December – Johan Nicolai Madvig, philologist and politician (born 1804)