1901 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX[1]
- Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested (until 24 May), Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Events
- 3 April – The 1901 Folketing election is held. It was the first use of a secret ballot in Denmark.
- 24 June – The Frilandsmuseet open-air museum is inaugurated in its present-day location north of Copenhagen.[2]
- 24 July – Systemskiftet ("the change of system"): with the appointment of the Cabinet of Deuntzer, parliamentarism is instituted in Denmark,[3] and with the exception of the Easter Crisis of 1920 no Danish government since 1901 has been formed against the vote of a majority of the members of the Folketing.
- 30 August – A royal decree opens the King's Gate to Rosenborg Castle Garden, at the corner of Gothersgade and Kronprinsessegade, to the public.[2]
- 25 September – The Ny Carlsberg Foundation is established.[2]
- 28 November – Øksnehallen opens in the Meatpacking District in Copenhagen.[2]
Undated
- The first automobile is registered in Copenhagen.
- The first kindergarten with public support in Denmark is established and inaugurated at Enghave Plads in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. Private kindergartens had been known since 1871.[4]
Culture
Music
- 4 October – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 is for the first time performed in public in the small hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.
Sports
- 28 March – Skive IK is founded.
- 14 July – Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1901 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Births
January–March
- 20 February – Mogens Lassen, architect (died 1987)
- 28 March – Carl Henrik Clemmensen, journalist and editor (died 1943)
April–June
- 3 May – Ebbe Schwartz, football (died 1964)
July–September
- 9 July – Peter Sekaer, photographer (died 1950)
- 25 August – Kjeld Abell, playwright (died 1961)
Deaths
January–March
- 1 January – Sophus Schandorph, poet (born 1836)
- 19 January – Henrik August Flindt, landscape architect (born 1822)
- 6 February – Christian Frederik Lütken, zoologist ad naturalist (born 1827)
October–December
- 19 October – Carl Frederik Tietgen, industrialist and banker (born 1829)
- 31 October – Frederik Christian Lund, painter and illustrator (born 1826)
- 16 November – Theobald Stein, sculptor (born 1829)
- 28 November – Ludvig Grundtvig, photographer (born 1836)