1909 in Denmark

The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VIII
• Prime minister – Niels Neergaard (until 16 August), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (until 28 October), Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

• 20 April – Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections. General women's suffrage is not introduced in Denmark until 1915.

Sports

• 9 June Skovshoved IF is founded.

Cycling

• 14–23 August The 1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 3 January – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor and pianist (d. 2000)
• 7 February – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
• 22 February – Vermund Larsen, businessman, company founder (died 1970)

AprilJune

• 19 April Signe Rink, writer and enothologist (born 1836)
• 9 May Hilde Levi, physicist (died 2003)
• 25 June Marguerite Viby, actress (died 2001)

JulySeptember

• 5 July Aagot Lading, educator (died 1963)

OctoberDecember

• 20 August – Martin A. Hansen, writer (died 1955)
• 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, composer (died 1996)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 13 February
• Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1842)
• Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, lawyer (born 1826)

AprilJune

• 7 May – Joachim Andersen, flutist, conductor and composer (born 1847)

JulySeptember

• 9 July – Johannes Forchhammer, philologist (born 1827)
• 19 July – Leopold Rosenfeld, composer (born 1849)
• 27 August Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (born 1842)
• 25 September – Thomas Skat Rørdam, theologian and bishop (born 1832)

OctoberDecember

• 13 October – Janus la Cour, painter (born 1837)
• 21 November – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-born painter (b. 1851)
• 4 December – Princess Marie of Orléans, wife of Prince Valdemar (born 1865 in London)
• 29/30 December – Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable (born 1872)

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