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1897 in Denmark

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Events from the year 1897 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian IX
Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott (until 23 May), Hugo Egmont Hørring

Events

23 May – Tage Reedtz-Thott resigns as Prime minister of Denmark
29 May – St. Luke's Church in Frederiksberg is consecrated as the first new church to be built to relieve the pressure on Frederiksberg Church in the fast-growing Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen.
11 July — 1897 Gentofte train crash
7 August — Cabinet of Hørring is formed by Hugo Egmont Hørring of the conservative party Højre after Tage Reedtz-Thott's resignation as Council President,

Undated

Sports

12 June Aarhus Fremad is founded.
30 July 2 August Edwin Schraeder wins a gold medal in men's sprint at the amateur event of the 1897 ICA Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

25 February – Erling Foss, engineer, businessman (died 1982)

April{{ndash}}June

19 May – Wiwen Nilsson, silversmith (died 1974 in Sweden)

July{{ndash}}September

29 August – Helge Rosvaenge, singer (died 1972)

October{{ndash}}December

29 October – Sigurd Langberg, actor (died 1954)
9 November – Arthur Jensen, actor (died 1981)
31 December – Liva Weel, actress (died 1952)

Deaths

30 April – Carsten Henrichsen, painter (born 1824)
12 May – Herman H. J. Lynge, antiquarian bookseller (born 1822)
20 June – Johannes Steenstrup, natural scientist (born 1813)
30 September Peter Nielsen, botanist (born 1829)
5 October Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, archivist (born 1940)
6 November – Emma Thomsen, painter (born 1820)

References

"Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
(August 2018). "Kirkens historie". Sankt Lukas Kirke.

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