1911 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick VIII[1]
- Prime minister â Klaus Berntsen
Events
- 14 April â The Danish Musicians' Union is established.
- 21 April â The Danish Society for Nature Conservation is founded.[citation needed]
- 13 May â The Directorate of State Forestry is established.
- 8 October â The Services Union is established.
- 1 December â The new Copenhagen Central Station opens.
Undated
- The Royal Danish Navy begins building its fleet of Havmanden-class submarines.[citation needed]
Books
- Morten Korch â Sin egen sti
Sports
Cycling
- Date unknown â Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1911 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Football
- 1911 Copenhagen Football Championship
- 25 May â The main stadium of Københavns Idrætspark, the first fully enclosed ground in Denmark, opened on the 25 May 1911, with a capacity of 12000, with a football match between a Copenhagen XI and The Wednesday of England.[2]
Culture
Film
- A Victim of the Mormons, directed by August Blom[3]
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 5 January â Bjørn Hjelmborg, composer and organist (died 1994)
- 14 January â Clara Ãstø, actress (died 1983)
- 27 January â Lilian Weber Hansen, actress (died 1987)
- 10 February â Einar Tang-Holbek, archer (died 2000)
- 20 February â Peter Glob, archaeologist (died 1985)
AprilâJune
- 31 May â Else Jacobsen, swimmer (died 1965)
- 15 June â Grete Frische, actress, screenwriter and director (died 1962)
- 24 June â Helga Pedersen, politician (died 1980)
JulyâDecember
- 3 July â Jonas Bruun, lawyer (died 1977)
- 17 July â Anker Jacobsen, tennis player (died 1975)
- 20 July â Flemming Helweg-Larsen, Nazi Germany collaborator and murderer (died 1946)
- 24 July â Bjørn Stiler, cyclist (died 1996)
- 8 August â Else Jarlbak, actress (died 1963)
- 27 September â Poul Cadovius, furniture manufacturer and designer (died 2011)
- 31 October â Richard Olsen, rower (died 1956)
- 30 December â Hans Ussing, zoologist (died 2000)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 2 January â Elfride Fibiger, writer (born 1832)
- 7 January â Kaspar Rostrup, businessman (birn 1845)
- 3 February â Christian Bohr, physician (born 1855)
- 18 February â Emil Vett, businessman (born 1843)
AprilâJune
- 18 April â Poul Sveistrup, politician and social statician (born 1848)
- 8 June â Emil Poulsen, actor and director (born 1842)
- 14 June â Johan Svendsen, composer and conductor (born 1840 in Norway)
- 26 June â Vilhelm Bergsøem author and zoologist (born 1835)
JulyâSeptember
- 23 July â Niels Viggo Ussing, mineralogist (born 1864)
- 25 July â Anna Laursen, educator and activist (born 1845)
- 7 August â Peder Madsen, theologian and bishop (born 1843)
- 12 September â Niels Andersen, businessman (born 1835)
- 19 September â Gustav Budde-Lund, zoologist (born 1846)
OctoberâDecember
- 1 November â Sonja Ferlov Mancobam sculptor (died 1987 in France)
- 2 December â Regitze Barner, writer and philanthropist (born 1834)
- 5 December â Edvard Petersen, painter (born 1841)
- 26 December â Christopher Peter Jürgensen, mechanician and instrument maker (born 1838)
