1919 in Denmark

Events from the year 1919 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 October – Retsplejeloven enters into force, implementing a major reform of the Danish judicial system originally adopted on 11 April 1916.
• 1 November – Vigerslev train crash takes place in the Valby district of Copenhagen.

The arts

Music

• 15 November – Premiere of Hakon Børresen's opera Den Kongelige Gæst at the Royal Danish Theatre.

Sports

• 15 May Brønshøj Boldklub is founded.

Date unknown

• AB wins its first Danish football championship by defeating Boldklubben 1901 30 in the final of the 1918–19 Danish National Football Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 January Elsa Gress, author (died 1988)

AprilJune

• 10 June Jane Muus, painter and illustrator (died 2007)

JulySeptember

• 14 July Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, artist and designer (died 1982)
• 24 August – Niels Viggo Bentzon, composer (died 2000)
• 20 September Bjørn Wiinblad, ceramist and painter (died 2006)

OctoberDecember

• 13 October Poul Møller, politician (died 1997)
• 7 December – Lis Løwert, actress (died 2009)
• 21 December – Ove Sprogøe, actor (died 2004)

Deaths

• 15 January Emma Thomsen, actress (born 1893)
• 21 May Clemens Petersen, writer (born 1834)
• 6 January – Eline Hansen, feminist (born 1859)
• 28 January Charles Brun, politician (born 1866)
• 15 July Charles Ambt, engineer (born 1847)

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