1910 in Denmark

Events from the year 1910 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VIII
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 5 July), Klaus Berntsen

Events

• 20 May – The 1910 Folketing election is held.
• 24 June – Faaborg Museum is inaugurated in manufacturer Mads Rasmussen's apartment. The current building was built from 1912 to 1915.
• 20 September – The 1910 Landsting election is held.

Date unknown

• The first separate bicycle path in Copenhagen is established around The Lakes, when the existing bridle paths are converted into isolated cycleways to accommodate the heavy growth of cycles at that time.
• There are almost 50,000 flush toilets installed in Copenhagen.

Sports

• 10 June Fremad Amager is founded.
• 25 July Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1910 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 30 January – Victor Gram, politician (died 1969)
• 6 March – Ejler Bille, artist (died 2004)
• 13 March – Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, actor (died 1985)

AprilJune

• 10 April – Aage Leidersdorff, Olympic fencer (died 1970)
• 10 May Ebbe Rode, actor (died 1998)
• 26 June Lau Lauritzen Jr., actor (died 1977)

JulySeptember

• 21 July – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (died 1976)
• 23 September Acton Bjørn, architect and designer (died 1992)

OctoberDecember

• 23 October Richard Mortensen, painter (died 1993)
• 1 December
• Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, medieval weapons expert (died 1991)
• Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 10 January Frederik Vermehren, painter (born 1823)

AprilJune

• 26 April – Christian Vilhelm Nielsen, architect (born 1833)
• 10 May – Palle Bruun, hydraulic engineer, designed the Port of Skagen (born 1873)
• 20 May Vilhelm Prior, book dealer and publisher (born 1835)

JulySeptember

• 6 July Jean Christian Ferslew, publisher and businessman (born 1836)
• 18 July – Henning Matzen, politician (born 1840)
• 26 September Thorvald N. Thiele, astronomer (born 1838)

OctoberDecember

• 4 November – Louise Bille-Brahe, court member (born 1830)
• 15 November – Julius Exner, painter (born 1825)

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