1890 in Denmark

Events from the year 1890 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 21 January – Folketing election

Culture

• The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Georg Achen for the painting ]Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother.

Sports

• Roskilde Roklub is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 February Harald Hansen, painter (died 1967)
• 20 March Lauritz Melchior, singer (died 1973)

AprilJune

• 7 April – Paul Berth, footballer (died 1969)
• 21 April Aage Rafn, architect (died 1953)
• 12 June – Karl Jørgensen, actor (died 1956)
• 21 June Andreas Friis, painter (died 1983)

JulySeptember

• 20 July Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer (died 1960)
• 13 August Ellen Osiier, fencer (died 1962)
• 22 August Herman Ipsen Lund, boat builder and designer (died 1981)

OctoberDecember

• 1 November – Henry Nielsen, actor (died 1967)
• 8 November – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (died 1950)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 2 January Henrik Olrik, painter (born 1830)
• 22 February Carl Bloch, painter (born 1834)
• 2 March Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff, goldsmith and industrialist (born 1800)

JulySeptember

• 24 July Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner (born 1811)
• 10 July Heinrich Hansen, painter (born 1821)
• 24 September Rasmus Malling-Hansen, inventor, Lutheran minister and educator (born 1835)

OctoberDecember

• 16 November Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (born 1817)
• 22 November – Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress (born 1812)
• 21 December – Niels Gade, composer (born 1817)

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