Events from the year 1873 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
Date unknown
Births
JanuaryâÂÂMarch
- 9 January â Hans Frederick Blichfeldt, Danish-American mathematician (died 1945)
- 17 January â Benedict Nordentoft, educator and cleric, co-founder of a Danish community with a Lutheran church and a folk high school in Solvang, California (died 1942)
- 20 January â Johannes V. Jensen, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944 (died 1950)
- 21 January â Emilie Demant Hatt, artist, writer and ethnographer (died 1958)
- 2 February Sophus Wangøe, cinematographer (died 1943)
- 5 February â William Thalbitzer, philologist, professor of Eskimo studies at the University of Copenhagen (died 1958)
- 12 February â Gustav Bartholin Hagen, architect (died in 1941)
- 28 February â Johan Frederik Steffensen, mathematician, statistician and actuary, professor of actuarial science at the University of Copenhagen 1923âÂÂ1943 (died 1961)
- 14 March â Herluf Zahle, barrister with the Supreme Court, career diplomat, President of the League of Nations 1928âÂÂ1929 (died 1941)
- 19 March â Betty Nansen, actress and theatre director (died 1943)
AprilJune
- 7 April
- Johannes Hjelmslev, mathematician, discoverer and eponym of the Hjelmslev transformation (died 1950)
- Christian Nielsen, sailor, silver medalist in the 6 Metre class at the 1924 Summer Olympics (died 1952)
- 25 April Magdalene Lauridsen, educator (died 1957)
- 10 May â Palle Bruun, hydraulic engineer, designed the Port of Skagen (died 1910)
- 14 May Peter Holm, museum director (died 1950)
- 21 May â Johannes Gandil, athlete (sprinter) and footballer, competitor in the 100 metre event at the 1900 Summer Olympics, silver medalist in football at the 1908 Summer Olympics (died 1956)
- 27 May â Harald Scavenius, diplomat and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1920âÂÂ1922 (died 1939)
- 30 May â Oluf Olsson, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games, bronze medalist in the team free system event at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1947)
JulySeptember
- 4 July â Georges Dreyer, pathologist, professor of pathology at the University of Oxford 1907âÂÂ1934 (died 1934)
- 12 July â Rudolph Tegner, sculptor linked with the Symbolist movement (died 1950)
- 27 July â Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist and women's rights activist (died 1956)
- 2 August Harald Simonsen, businessman (died 1949)
- 3 August â Carl Hansen Ostenfeld, systematic botanist, professor in botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University from 1918, professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen and director of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1923 (died 1931)
- 10 August
- Esther Carstensen, women's rights activist and journal editor (died 1955)
- Svend Hammershøi, painter and ceramist (died 1948)
- 2 September â Johanne Hesbeck, photographer (died 1927)
- 28 September Aage Bertelsen, artist (died 1045)
OctoberDecember
Date unknown
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
AprilJune
OctoberDecember
- 3 November John Christmas. naval officer, plantation owner and acting Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (born 1799)
- 7 November â Thomas Overskou, actor, playwright and historian (born 1798)
- 25 November â Hans Harder, painter and drawing master (born 1792)
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