1903 in Denmark

Events from the year 1903 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

January

• January 1903 Danish local elections are held.

March

• 2 March A Social Democrat is elected as lord mayor in Copenhagen for the first time.

April

• 18 April The local government of Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies issues a provisional Ordinance concerning measures against Glanders in St. Croix

June

• 16 June The 1903 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 30 September The Gjedser-Warnemünde ferry route is inaugurated.

Undated

• The Christmas Stamp Foundation is established.
• The new Frederiksberg Hospital is inaugurated.
• The cakewalk reaches Copenhagen.
• Motor ferries start to operate in the Port of Copenhagen.

Cilture

• The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Julius Paulsen for the painting Portrait of a Lady (Et dameportræt).

Sports

• 2 May Boldklubben 1903 is founded.
• 16–22 August The 1903 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
• Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint for the third year in a row.

Births

• 10 January – Jens August Schade, poet (died 1978)
• 21 April – Hans Hedtoft, politician, former prime minister (died 1955)
• 23 June – Hans Christian Branner, writer (died 1966)
• 30 July – Anna Borg, Danish-Icelandic actress (died 1963)
• 19 August Aage Dons, author (died 1993)
• 16 September – Ole Wanscher, furniture designer (died 1985)
• 28 November – Willy Gervin, cyclist (died 1951)

Deaths

• 11 May – Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (born 1819)
• 3 May Louise Nimb, restaurateur (born 1842)
• 12 October – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (born 1843)
• 11 December – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (born 1825)

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