1892 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
- 20 April – The 1892 Danish Parliamentary Election takes place.
- 22 June – Fanø Nordsøbad is inaugurated on the island of Fanø.[2]
- 4–9 July – The 14th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen.
Undated
Culture
Music
- 8 April – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 2 is for the first time performed in public in Copenhagen.
Births
- 17 February – Poul Jørgensen (gymnast), gymnast (died 1973)
- 3 April – Elof Risebye, painter (died 1961)
- 4 April – Charles Christian Lauritsen, Danish-American physicist (died 1968)
- 5 July – Lauge Koch, geologist and Arctic explorer (died 1964)
- 9 August – Thomas Dinesen, Danish-Canadian military officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 1979)
- 29 October – Ernst Hansen, painter (died 1968)
Deaths
January–March
- 12 January – Heinrich Buntzen, painter (born 1808 in the Holy Roman Empire)
- 10 March – Gottlieb Abrahamson Gedalia, banker (born 1816)
April–September
- 10 June – Adelgunde Vogt, sculptor (born 1811)
- 6 August – Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes, economist, writer, and editor (born 1844)
- 23 September – Mads Christian Holm, shipbuilder and ship-owner (born 1827)
October–December
- 17 December – Christian Richardt, writer (born 1831)
- 22 December – M Wilhelm Hellesen, industrialist and inventor /born 1836)