1899 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister â Hugo Egmont Hørring
Events
- March
- March â The annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition opens. Anna Ancher's A Vaccination has already prior to the opening of the exhibition been sold to a Swedish collector, a fact reported in several newspapers.[2]
- May
- 18 May â The Odsherred Railway opens.
- June
- 4 June â KFUMs Boldklub København is founded.
- July
- 21 July â The Danish Nurses' Organization is established.
- September
- 5 September â The first labour and management agreement in Denmark is reached between the Danish Federation of Trade Unions and the Danish Employers' Confederation.[3]
- November
- 22 November â J. P. Suhr & Søn is dissolved.[4]
Undated
- The Women's Council in Denmark is established.
Culture
Culture
- The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to [[]] for his equestrian statue of Christian IX].
Sports
Births
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JanuaryâMarch
- 30 January â Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (died 1986)
- 8 February â Henry Lorenzen, actor (died 1961 in West Germany)
- 25 February â Hans Lunding, military officer and member of the resistance movement (died 1989)
- 2 March â Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (died 1982)
- 10 March â Finn Høffding, composer (died 1997)
- 11 March â Frederik IX, King of Denmark (died 1972)[5]
- 19 March â Aksel Sandemose, author (died 1965)
AprilâJune
- 30 April â Olaf Wieghorst, painter (died 1988)
- 10 June â, Alf Ross, jurist and philosopher (died 1979)
JulyâSeptember
- 27 July â Carl Johan Hviid, actor (died 1964)
- 2 September â Hans Jacob Nielsen, boxer (died 1967)
- 8 September â Hans Bjerrum, hockey player and businessman (died 1979)
OctoberâDecember
- 9 October â Thorkil Kristensen, politician (died 1989)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 16 June â August Winding, priest and composer (born 1835)
- 22 March â Anna Henriette Levinsohn, opera singer (born 1839)
JulyâSeptember
- 17 August â Erik Bøgh, journalist, playwright and songwriter (born 1822)
- 2 September â HDMS Herluf Trolle is launched from Orlogsværftet in Copenhagen.
- 14 September â Vilhelm Groth, painter (born 1842)
OctoberâDecember
- 21 October â Edvard Jünger, precision mechanic (born 1823)
- 18 November â Hans Peter Hansen, xylographer (born 1829)
- 29 December â Vilhelm Christesen, silver smith (born 1822)
