1896 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott

Events

• 25 January – Børsen, then as a four pages weekly newspaper, is published for the first time.
• 18 April – Frants Hvass, diplomat (died 1982)
• 1 October – The newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad is published for the first time.
• 14 December – A treaty between Denmark and Portugal is signed, establishing diplomatic relations.

Undated

• The first registered herd of Danish Landrace pigs is established.

Sports

• April Viborg FF is founded.
• 6–15 April – Denmark wins 1 gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
  • 7 April – Viggo Jensen wins a gold medal in Men's two hand lift and a bronze medal in Men's one hand lift wrestling.
  • 0 April – Holger Nielsen wins a bronze medal in Men's sabre fencing.
  • 11 April Holger Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 30 metre free pistol and a bronze medal in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol.
  • 12 April – Viggo Jensen wins a bronze medal in Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions.

Cycling

• 14–15 August The 1896 ICA Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
  • Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the amateur event.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

• 5 January – Eyvind Johan-Svendsen, stage and film actor (died 1946)
• 24 January – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1997)
• 7 February – Christian Thomas, gymnast (died 1970)
• 4 March – Kai Holm, actor (died 1985)

April{{ndash}}June

• 8 April – Einar Juhl, film actor (died 1982)
• 9 May Ingeborg Frederiksen, illustrator (died 1976)
• 11 June – Julius Bomholt, politician (died 1969)

July{{ndash}}September

• 20 July – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (died 1987)
• 12 August – Ejner Federspiel, actor (died 1981)
• 31 August – Henning Haslund-Christensen, travel writer and anthropologist (died 1948)
• 20 September – Fleming Lynge, screenwriter (died 1970)

October{{ndash}}December

• 30 October – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (died 1983)

Deaths

• 8 January – Carl Adolph Feilberg, businessman (born 1810)
• 8 June – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant (born 1817)
• 19 August – Julius Lange, art historian (born 1838)

References

References

1. "Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
2. Government of Denmark and Government of Portugal. (14 December 1896). "Declaration supplementing provisionally the Declaration of December 14th, 1896, regarding Commercial and Maritime Relations between the two Countries". [[United Nations]].