1874 in Denmark

Events from the year 1874 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian IX{{cite web|title=Christian IX: king of Denmark|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=17 June 2019|language=en}}
Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (until 14 July), Christen Andreas Fonnesbech

1 January – The first issue of fashion journal Nordisk Mønster-Tidende, present-day women's magazine Femina, is published.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aller.dk/om-aller/da-det-hele-begyndte/|title = Hjem}}
5 January – Iceland is granted a constitution and limited home rule within the Danish realm.
14 July – Prime Minister Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg resigns, and is replaced by Christen Andreas Fonnesbech.
15 August – Esbjerg Harbour is inaugurated.{{cite web|url=http://www.eba.esbjergkommune.dk/Esbjergs%20historie/Esbjerg%20Kr%C3%B8niken.aspx|title=Esbjerg Krøniken - Esbjergs udvikling i årstal|language=da|publisher=Esbjerg Byhistoriske Arkiv|access-date=2012-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924224448/http://www.eba.esbjergkommune.dk/Esbjergs%20historie/Esbjerg%20Kr%C3%B8niken.aspx|archive-date=24 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
15 October – The Old Stage, the original of the Royal Danish Theatre, is inaugurated.{{Cite web|url=http://kglteater.dk/om-os/teatrets-historie|title=Kender du historien? | Det Kongelige Teater|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625120344/http://kglteater.dk/om-os/teatrets-historie|archive-date=25 June 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all }}
23 August {{ndash}} Christian IX returns to Copenhagen from his visit to Iceland onboard the frigate {{HDMS|Jylland}}.
16 December {{ndash}} Prince Valdemar's confirmation in Fredensborg Palace Chapel.

Louis Poulsen, a lighting manufacturing company, is founded.
The 25 øre coin is introduced on the decimalisation of the krone. It remains in circulation until 2008, when it is demonetised as the lowest-denomination coin in the country.
Dalum Papirfabrik is established on Odense Å.{{cite web|url=https://www.museumsilkeborg.dk/dalum-papirfabrik|title=Dakum Papirfabrik|language=Danish|website=museumsilkeborg.dk|access-date=16 June 2022}}

10 January – Louis Larsen, gymnast, silver medalist at the 1906 Intercalated Games (died 1950)
22 January – Frants Nielsen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1912 Summer Olympics (died 1961)
31 January – Harald Tandrup, writer (died 1964)
5 February {{ndash}} Gunnar Asgeir Sadolin, businessman (died 1955)
20 February – Ebbe Kornerup, writer and painter (died 1957)
1 March
August Hesselbo, pharmaceutical botanist and bryologist (died 1952)
Jens Lind, apothecary, botanist and mycologist (died 1939)
22 March – Ove Paulsen, botanist, professor at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen 1920–1947 (died 1947)

12 May – Sigrid Kähler, artist (died 1923)
1 June – Peter Hertz, art historian (died 1939)
19 June – Peder Oluf Pedersen, engineer and physicist, IEEE Medal of Honor recipient in 1930 (died 1941)
22 June – Viggo Jensen, weightlifter, shooter, gymnast and athlete, Olympic gold medalist (Denmark's first) and silver medalist in weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics (died 1930)

23 July – Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen, sculptor and ceramist, model master of Bing & Grøndahl 1897–1917, artistic director of Norden 1917–1925 (died 1960)
13 August {{ndash}} Anna Wulff, educator (died 1935)
18 August – Christian Pedersen, sport shooter, competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics (died 1957)

4 October – Agnes Smidt, painter and cultural activist (died 1952)
22 October – Thora Daugaard, women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator (died 1951){{cite web|title=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Thora Daugaard|url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/486/origin/170/|website=www.kvinfo.dk|access-date=2 December 2019|date=15 May 2003}}
1 November – Karl Albert Hasselbalch, physician and chemist, pioneer in the use of pH measurement in medicine (died 1962)
15 November – August Krogh, professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen 1916–1945, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1920 (died 1949)
1 December – Johannes Friis-Skotte, politician, Minister of Public Works (Transport) 1924–1926 and 1929–1935 (died 1946)
7 December – Carl Cohn Haste, blind pianist, organist and composer, music teacher at the Royal Blind Institute, first president of the Danish Association of the Blind (died 1939)
23 December – Viggo Wiehe, stage and film actor (died 1956)

20 February – Holger Roed, painter (born 1846)
6 March – Louise Rasmussen, ballet dancer and stage actor (born 1815)
20 March – Hans Christian Lumbye, composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, including the Champagne Galop (born 1810)
28 March – Peter Andreas Hansen, astronomer, Copley Medal recipient in 1850 (born 1795)