1916 in Denmark

Events from the year 1916 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

February

• 6 February Peter Hvidt, architect and furniture designer (died 1986)
• 7 February The Society of Female Artists is founded.
• 22 February The Conservative People's Party os founded.

April

• 16 April – The adoption of Retsplejeloven introduces a major reform of the Danish judicial system with effect from 1 October 1919.

July

• 11 July – The GornbækGilleleje extension of the Helsingør–Gornbæk Railway Line is inaugurated.

Augist

• 4 August – the Treaty of the Danish West Indies is signed, transferring sovereignty of the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States. The transaction was finalised in 1917.
• 31 August – The newspaper B.T. is established as a tabloid spinoff from Berlingske Ridende.

December

• 14 December – The 1916 Danish West Indian Islands sale referendum is held.
• 21 December – The Frederiksværk–Gundested extension of the Hillerød–Frederiksværk Railway Line iis inaugurated.
• 22 December – The Treaty of the Danish West Indies is ratified by the parliament (Rigsdagen).

Sports

Date unknown

• B 93 wins the third Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Kjøbenhavns Boldklub 3–2 in the final

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 28 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz violinist (died 2017)
• 21 March Freddy Koch, actor (died 1980)

AprilJune

• 27 April – Johannes Sløk, philosopher and writer (died 2001)
• 7 May Orla Møller, priest and politician (died 1979)
• 8 Nay Jens Risom, furniture designer (died 2016 in the United States)
• 15 May Vera Gebuhr, actress (died 2014)
• 30 May Karen Lachmann, fencer (died 1962)
• 14 June Philip Arctander, architect (died 1994)

JulySeptember

• 7 August Mogens Andersen, artist (died 2003)
• 14 August – Grethe Philip, politician (died 2016)
• 18 August Aksel Bender Madsen, furniture designer (died 2000)
• 21 August Ingrid Vang Nyman, illustrator (died 1959)
• 29 September Anne Marie Lütken, painter (died 2001)
• 29 September Rolf Graae, architect (died 1996)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 13 February – Vilhelm Hammershøi, painter (born 1864)

AprilJune

• 11 April Harald Hirschsprung, businessman (born 1830)
• 26 April Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (born 1842)
• 19 April Frederik Bergmann Larsen, physician (born 1839)
• 29 April Jørgen Pedersen Gram, aqtuary and mathematician (born 1850)
• 22 May – Sara Ulrik, flower painter (born 1855)
• 20 June – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1843)

KilySeptember

• 22 July – Hans Jørgen Holm, architect (born 1835)
• 4 September – Otto Mønsted, businessman (died 1838)
• 10 September – Carl Thorvald Andersen, architect (born 1835)

OctoberDecember

• 8 October – Nielsine Nielsen, businesswoman (born 1850)
• 12 November – August Saabye, sculptor (born 1823)
• 26 November – Nielsine Petersen, sculptor (born 1853)

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