1891 in Denmark

Events from the year 1891 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

Undated

Culture

Sports

• 3 May Vejle Boldklub is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 5 January Grethe Glad, fashion designer and educator (died 1990)
• 5 February Cai Gundelach, equestrian (died 1954)
• 2 March Gerda Henning, designer (died 1951)

AprilJune

• 7 April – Ole Kirk Christiansen, entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of Lego (d.1958)
• 27 May Aage Redal, actor (born 1950)
• 11 June Mogens Bøggild, sculptor (died 1987)

OctoberDecember

• 1 October – Svend Methling, actor (died 1977)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 11 March Jens Levin Tvede, distillerm industrialist and (died 1830)

AprilJune

• 8 April – Elise Holst, stage actress (born 1811)
• 9 June – Ludvig Lorenz, mathematician and physicist (born 1829)

JulySeptember

• 15 August Louise Sahlgreenm actress (born 1818)
• 20 September Joseph Glæser, composer and organist (born 1835)

OctoberDecember

• 28 November – Christen Berg, politician (born 1829)
• 21 December – Georg Emil Hansen, photographer (born 1833)

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