1899 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring
Events
- March
- March – 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 – The Odsherred Railway opens.
- June
- 4 June – KFUMs Boldklub København is founded.
- July
- 21 July – The Danish Nurses' Organization is established.
- September
- 5 September – 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 – 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
January–March
- 30 January – Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (died 1986)
- 8 February – Henry Lorenzen, actor (died 1961 in West Germany)
- 25 February – Hans Lunding, military officer and member of the resistance movement (died 1989)
- 2 March – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (died 1982)
- 10 March – Finn Høffding, composer (died 1997)
- 11 March – Frederik IX, King of Denmark (died 1972)[5]
- 19 March – Aksel Sandemose, author (died 1965)
April–June
- 30 April – Olaf Wieghorst, painter (died 1988)
July–September
- 27 July – Carl Johan Hviid, actor (died 1964)
- 2 September – Hans Jacob Nielsen, boxer (died 1967)
- 8 September – Hans Bjerrum, hockey player and businessman (died 1979)
October–December
- 9 October – Thorkil Kristensen, politician (died 1989)
Deaths
January–March
- 16 June – August Winding, priest and composer (born 1835)
- 22 March – Anna Henriette Levinsohn, opera singer (born 1839)
July–September
- 17 August – Erik Bøgh, journalist, playwright and songwriter (born 1822)
- 2 September – HDMS Herluf Trolle is launched from Orlogsværftet in Copenhagen.
- 14 September – Vilhelm Groth, painter (born 1842)
October–December
- 21 October – Edvard Jünger, precision mechanic (born 1823)
- 18 November – Hans Peter Hansen, xylographer (born 1829)
- 29 December – Vilhelm Christesen, silver smith (born 1822)
