1909 in Denmark
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The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick VIII[1]
- Prime minister â Niels Neergaard (until 16 August), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (until 28 October), Carl Theodor Zahle
Events
- 20 April â Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections. General women's suffrage is not introduced in Denmark until 1915.[2]
Sports
- 9 June â Skovshoved IF is founded.
Cycling
- 14â23 August â The 1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
Births
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JanuaryâMarch
- 3 January â Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor and pianist (d. 2000)
- 7 February â Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
- 22 February â Vermund Larsen, businessman, company founder (died 1970)
AprilâJune
- 19 April â Signe Rink, writer and enothologist (born 1836)
- 9 May â Hilde Levi, physicist (died 2003)
- 25 June â Marguerite Viby, actress (died 2001)
JulyâSeptember
- 5 July â Aagot Lading, educator (died 1963)
OctoberâDecember
- 20 August â Martin A. Hansen, writer (died 1955)
- 20 December â Vagn Holmboe, composer (died 1996)
Deaths
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JanuaryâMarch
- 13 February
- Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1842)
- Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, lawyer (born 1826)
AprilâJune
- 7 May â Joachim Andersen, flutist, conductor and composer (born 1847)
JulyâSeptember
- 9 July â Johannes Forchhammer, philologist (born 1827)
- 19 July â Leopold Rosenfeld, composer (born 1849)
- 27 August â Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (born 1842)
- 25 September â Thomas Skat Rørdam, theologian and bishop (born 1832)
OctoberâDecember
- 13 October â Janus la Cour, painter (born 1837)
- 21 November â Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-born painter (b. 1851)
- 4 December â Princess Marie of Orléans, wife of Prince Valdemar (born 1865 in London)
- 29/30 December â Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable (born 1872)