1886 in Denmark

Events from the year 1886 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 14 April
• HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
• Ringkøbing Landbobank is founded.
• 20 April FDB is founded.
• 17 August – King Luís I of Portugal is received at Amalienborg Palace during his visit to Denmark.

Undated

• The Circus Building in Copenhagen is completed.

Culture

• The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Viggo Johansen for the painting Evening talk.

Sports

• 17 July Boldklubben Frem is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 January Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (died 1959)
• 26 January
• Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (died 1955)
• Kræsten Iversen, artist (died 1955)
• 17 February Ole Falkentorp, architect (died 1948)
• 20 February Peter Freuchen, arctuc explorer and writer (died 1957)

AprilJune

• 26 April – Olaf Rude, painter (died 1957)
• 1 May Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (died 1949)
• 12 May Kay Nielsen, illustrator (died 1957 in the United States)
• 16 May Peter L. Jensen, engineer and inventor (died 1961 in the United States)
• 17 May Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, architect (died 1960)
• 19 May
• Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (died 1964)
• Øjvind Winge, biologist (died 1954)
• 30 June – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (died 1960)

JulySeptember

• 12 July Jean Hersholt, actor (died 1956 in the United States)
• 15 August Kay Bojesen, designer (died 1958)
• 13 September Ellen Dahl, writer (died 1959)
• 29 September Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (died 1931)

OctoberDecember

• 12 October Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (died 1980)
• 30 October William Scharff, painter (died 1959)
• 16 December Ingeborg Pehrson, asctress (died 1950)

Deaths

• 14 January Anders Peter Westenholz, businessman and consul-general (born 1825)
• 30 April Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (born 1811)
• 15 October Vilhelm Christian Holm, composer (born 1820)
• 12 December – Johan Nicolai Madvig, philologist and politician (born 1804)

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