1881 in Denmark

Events from the year 1881 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

May

• 24 May – the May 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.

July

• 26 July – the July 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.

September

• 1 September – Rysensteen Gymnasium is established in Copenhagen.
• 21 September – the Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, is unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal.

October

• 1 October – The Herning–Skjern section of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line opens.

Undated

• The Neye luggage company is established in Copenhagen.
• Danish Distillers open in Aalborg.
• De Danske Spritfabrikker is founded by C.F. Tietgen, Isidor Henius and C.A. Olesen through the merger of a number of existing distilleries.
• Copenhagen Business College is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 15 January – Børge Nyrop, painter (died 1948)

AprilJune

• 24 April Harald Giersing, painter (died 1927)
• 10 May Karen Poulsen, actress (died 1053)

JulySeptember

• 6 July – Nancy Dalberg, composer (died 1949)
• 3 August Birger Wøllner Gaarn, composer and organist (died 1949)
• 23 July Frits Holm, journalist, author and explorer (died 1930 in the United States)
• 26 July Harriet Bloch, actress (died 1975)
• 11 September – Asta Nielsen, actress (died 1972)

OctoberDecember

• 16 October Vilhelm Buhl, politician (died 1954)
• 16 October Henry Rambusch, footballer (died 1954)
• 23 October Axel Jørgensen, composer (died 1947)
• 13 November Carl Schenstrøm, actor (died 1942)
• 25 November Peder Gram, composer and organist (died 1956)
• 8 December Anna Henriques-Nielsen, actress (died 1962)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 9 March – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark (born 1796)
• 31 March – Princess Caroline of Denmark (born 1793)

AprilJune

• 11 May Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, painter (born 1819 in Poland)
• 21 June – Emil Normann, painter (born 1798)
• 31 May Emmerik Høegh-Guldberg, painter (died 1807)

KilySeptember

• 20 September – Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator (Born 1811)
• 24 September – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer (born 1827)

References