1887 in Denmark

Events from the year 1887 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 28 January The 1887 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 17 September The British St. Alban's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen.

Culture

Art

• The Thorvaldsen Rxhibition Medal is awarded to Otto Haslund fpr the painting Concerto and Hans Michael Therkildsen for Køerne vandes,

Music

• 17 September – Danish composer Carl Nielsen plays the violin at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen at the premiere of his own Andante tranquillo e Scherzo for strings.
• 29 December – The composer Frederik Rung sets up the Madrigal choir at the Cecilia Association (Caeciliaforening) of Copenhagen.
• Danish poet Holger Drachmann meets cabaret singer Amanda Nielsen, who becomes his muse.

Sports

• 23 May – Slagelse B&I is founded in Slagelse.
• 12 July – Odense Boldklub is founded.

Births

January–March

• 28 January – Paul Lassenius Kramp, marine biologist (died 1975)
• 10 February – Richard Gustav Borgelin, army officer (died 1966)
• 4 March – Prince Gustav of Denmark, prince (died 1941

April–June

• 16 June – Aage Bendixen, actor (died 1973)
• 30 May – Emil Reesen, composer, conductor and pianist (died 1964)

April–June

• 17 April – Axel Aabrink, painter (died 1065)
• 23 April – Dagmar Overbye, murderer (died 1929)
• 22 May – A. W. Sandberg, film director and screenwriter (died 1938)
• 3 May – Ebba Thomsen, actress (died 1978)
• 30 May – Emil Reesen, composer and conductor (died 1964)
• 18 June – Feodor Asmussen, architect /died 1961)
• 10 June – Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg (died 1940 in Morocco)
• 16 June – Gundorph Albertus, silversmith (died 1969)

July–September

• 3 July – Elith Pio, actor (died 1983)
• 5 August – Thorvald Pedersen, pharmacist and company founder (died 1961)

October–December

• 5 October – Nils Middelboe, football player (died 1976)
• 13 October – Viggo Brøndal, philologist (died 1942)
• 28 October – Johannes Juul, engineer (died 1969)
• 7 November – Bertel Dahlgaard, politician (died 1972)
• 9 November – Kaj Gottlob, architect (died 1976)
• 1 December – Axel Poulsen, sculptor (died 1972)
• 12 December – Aage Fønss, opera singer (died 1976)

Deaths

January–March

• 19 March – Ferdinand Didrichsen, physician and botanist (born 1814)
• 28 March – Ditlev Gothard Monrad, politician and bishop (born 1811)

April–June

• 22 April – Harald Bohr, mathematician (born 1951)
• 28 April – Wolfgang von Haffner, military officer (born 1810)
• 30 April – J.C. Jacobsen, brewer and industrialist, founder of Carlsberg (born 1811)
• 16 May – Edouard Suenson, naval officer (born 1805)
• 25 June – Josephine Schneider, educator and philanthropist (born 1820)

July–September

• 15 August – Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, journalist, publisher and novelist (born 1819)
• 25 August – Thomas Lange, novelist (born 1829)
• 16 September – Peter Andersen, budinessman (born 1814)

October–December

• 13 November – Hans Schjellerup, astronomer (born 1827)
• 27 December – Frederik Hegel, bookseller and publisher (born 1817)

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