1890 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- 21 January – Folketing election
Culture
- The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Georg Achen for the painting ]Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother.
Sports
- Roskilde Roklub is founded.
Births
January–March
- 17 February – Harald Hansen, painter (died 1967)
- 20 March – Lauritz Melchior, singer (died 1973)
April–June
- 7 April – Paul Berth, footballer (died 1969)
- 21 April – Aage Rafn, architect (died 1953)[2]
- 12 June – Karl Jørgensen, actor (died 1956)
- 21 June – Andreas Friis, painter (died 1983)
July–September
- 20 July – Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer (died 1960)
- 13 August – Ellen Osiier, fencer (died 1962)
- 22 August – Herman Ipsen Lund, boat builder and designer (died 1981)
October–December
- 1 November – Henry Nielsen, actor (died 1967)
- 8 November – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (died 1950)
Deaths
January–March
- 2 January – Henrik Olrik, painter (born 1830)
- 22 February – Carl Bloch, painter (born 1834)
- 2 March – Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff, goldsmith and industrialist (born 1800)
July–September
- 24 July – Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner (born 1811)
- 10 July – Heinrich Hansen, painter (born 1821)
- 24 September – Rasmus Malling-Hansen, inventor, Lutheran minister and educator (born 1835)
October–December
- 16 November – Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (born 1817)[3]
- 22 November – Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress (born 1812)[4]
- 21 December – Niels Gade, composer (born 1817)[5]