1879 in Denmark

Events from the year 1879 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Undated

• The Danish Photographers Association is founded as the first organization for professional photographers in the world.
• The Thingvalla Line is founded.
• The Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed is founded.
• Prince Valdemar visits St. Croix in the Danish West Indies.

Culture

Theatre

• 21 December Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House receives its world premiere at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, with Betty Hennings as Nora, Emil Poulsen as Torvald, and Peter Jerndorff as Dr. Rank.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 5 March Søren Marinus Jensenm wrestler (died 1965)
• 11 March Kristian Hansen Kofoed, politician (died 1951)

AprilJune

• 16 June – Sigurd Swane, painter (died 1973)

OctoberDecember

• 18 November Edvard Weie, painter (died 1943)
• 29 November – Jacob Gade, violinist and composer (died 1963)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 24 January – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (born 1818)

AprilJune

• 6 May Louis Aumont, painter (born 1805)
• 5 June – Kristian Mantzius, actor (born 1819)

JulySeptember

OctoberDecember

• 3 October Peter Gemzøe, painter and lithographer (born 1811)
• 26 October Andreas Aagesen, jurist (born 1826)
• 30 November – August Bournonville, ballet master and choreographer (born 1805)

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