1901 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Hannibal Sehested (until 24 May), Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

• 3 April – The 1901 Folketing election is held. It was the first use of a secret ballot in Denmark.
• 24 June – The Frilandsmuseet open-air museum is inaugurated in its present-day location north of Copenhagen.
• 24 July – Systemskiftet ("the change of system"): with the appointment of the Cabinet of Deuntzer, parliamentarism is instituted in Denmark,{{cite book | first = Nils | editor1-last = Allardt | editor1-first = Erik | editor2-last = Andrén | editor2-first = Nils | editor3-last = Friis | editor3-first = Erik J.
• 30 August – A royal decree opens the King's Gate to Rosenborg Castle Garden, at the corner of Gothersgade and Kronprinsessegade, to the public.
• 25 September – The Ny Carlsberg Foundation is established.
• 28 November – Øksnehallen opens in the Meatpacking District in Copenhagen.

Undated

• The first automobile is registered in Copenhagen.
• The first kindergarten with public support in Denmark is established and inaugurated at Enghave Plads in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. Private kindergartens had been known since 1871.

Culture

Music

• 4 October Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 is for the first time performed in public in the small hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.

Sports

• 28 March Skive IK is founded.
• 14 July Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1901 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

• 20 February – Mogens Lassen, architect (died 1987)
• 3 May – Ebbe Schwartz, football (died 1964)
• 9 July – Peter Sekaer, photographer (died 1950)
• 25 August – Kjeld Abell, playwright (died 1961)

Deaths

January{{ndash}}March

• 1 January Sophus Schandorph, poet (born 1836)
• 19 January – Henrik August Flindt, landscape architect (born 1822)
• 6 February – Christian Frederik Lütken, zoologist ad naturalist (born 1827)

October{{ndash}}December

• 19 October – Carl Frederik Tietgen, industrialist and banker (born 1829)
• 31 October – Frederik Christian Lund, painter and illustrator (born 1826)
• 16 November – Theobald Stein, sculptor (born 1829)
• 28 November – Ludvig Grundtvig, photographer (born 1836)

References

References

1. "Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
2. "1901". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
3. "Første børnehave og børnehavklasse i Danmark". Biblioteksvagten.dk.