1917 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian X[1]
- Prime minister â Carl Theodor Zahle
Events
Undated
- Sovereignty of the Danish West Indies was officially transferred from Denmark to the United States, after the Treaty of the Danish West Indies was ratified.
Sports
- 26 April â Silkeborg IF is founded.
Date unknown
- Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1916â17 Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Akademisk Boldklub 6â2 in the final.
Births
- 14 June â Lise Nørgaard, writer (died 2023)
- 18 June â Erik Ortvad, painter and illustrator (died 2008)
- 4 October â Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (died 1982)
- 28 October â Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (died 2003)
- 27 November â Arne Sørensen, footballer (died 1977)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 4 January â Carl Ludwig Jessen, painter (born 1833)
- 30 January â Gerhard Faye, factory manager (born 1846)
- 8 February â Thomas Arboe, architect (born 1836)
- 26 February â Hanna Hoffmann, sculptor and silversmith (born 1858)
AprilâJune
- 5 May â Hans Smidth, painter (born 1839)
- 14 June â Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, politician (born 1844)
- 22 June â Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (born 1843)
JulyâSeptember
- 14 July â Anders Thiset, archivist (born 1850)
- 30 August â Otto Haslund, painter (born 1842)
OctoberâDecember
- 28 October â Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (died 2003)
- 27 November â Christian Christiansen, physicist (born 1843)
- 9 December â Jakob Severin Deichmann Branth, theologian (born 1721)
- 18 December â Christine Daugaard, writer (born 1831)
- 20 December â August Hermann Ferdinand Carl Goos, politician and jurist (birn 1835)
- 21 December â Peter Gottfred Ramm, military officer, landowner and company founder (born 1834)