1904 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

• 12 February – Politikens Ekstrablad is published for the first time.
• 7 August The inauguration of Ribe Cathedral.
• 27 August The inauguration of Odense Canal in Odense is attended by the king.
• 17 September – The first Danish cinema, Kosmorama at Østerbrogade in Copenhagen, opens.
• 4 December – The K.U. or Konservativ Ungdom (Young Conservatives) is founded by Carl F. Herman von Rosen.

Undated

• April – The fingerprint technique is adopted by the Copenhagen Police Force.
• The electrified tramway is extended from Tuborg to Klampenborg.
• The first vacuum cleaners arrive in the country.

Sports

• 21 August Fremad Valby is founded.
• 10 September Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

• 26 March – Leck Fischer, writer and playwright (died 1956)
• 5 May – Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist) and count of Knuthenborg (died 1970)
• 25 June – Poul Sørensen, politician (died 1969)

Deaths

• 24 September – Niels Ryberg Finsen (born 1860, in the Faroe Islands)
• 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, composer (born 1853)

References

References

1. "Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark".
2. "1905". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
3. "1904". Selskabet for Københavns Historie.
4. Munch-Petersen, Erland. (17 July 2011). "Leck Fischer".