Events from the year 1919 in Denmark.
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| See also: | Other events of 1919 List of years in Denmark | ||||
Incumbents edit
- Monarch - Christian X[1]
- Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle
Events edit
- 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 edit
Music edit
- 15 November – Premiere of Hakon Børresen's opera Den Kongelige Gæst at the Royal Danish Theatre.
Sports edit
- 15 May – Brønshøj Boldklub is founded.
Date unknown edit
- AB wins its first Danish football championship by defeating Boldklubben 1901 3–0 in the final of the 1918–19 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births edit
January–March edit
- 17 January – Elsa Gress, author (died 1988)
April–June edit
July–September edit
- 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)
October–December edit
- 13 October – Poul Møller, politician (died 1997)
- 7 December – Lis Løwert, actress (died 2009)
- 21 December – Ove Sprogøe, actor (died 2004)
Deaths edit
- 6 January – Eline Hansen, feminist (born 1859)[2]
- 28 January – Charles Brun, politician (born 1866)
- 15 July – Charles Ambt, engineer (born 1847)
References edit
- ^ "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Eline Hansen". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.