1889 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1889}}
Events from the year 1889 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 6 January – the Faroese Society is formed.
- 26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded.
- 9 May – the Edouard Suenson Memorial is inaugurated on Store Kongensgade.
- 18 May – the Danish Football Association is established.
Undated
- Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks.
- Kvindevalgretsforeningen is established by Line Luplau to promote women's suffrage.
- The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen.
Births
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- 11 January {{ndash}} Niels Peter Holbech, painter (died 1804)
- 3 February – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director (died 1968)
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- 16 May – Maria Garland, actor (died 1967)
- 29 May – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (died 1942)
- 30 May – Anker Engelund, engineer and university professor (died 1861)
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- 30 August – Bodil Ipsen, actress (died 1964)
- 4 September – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (died 1983)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 13 October {{ndash}} Margrete Drejer, textile artist (died 1975)
- 17 November {{ndash}} Axel Saltom ceramist (died 1961)
- 21 November {{ndash}} Niels Larsen, sport shooter (died 1969)
Deaths
- 9 May {{ndash}} William Hammer, painter (born 1821)
- 2 May – Edward Tesdorpf, landowner (born 1817)
- 17 July – Auguste Sophie Friederike, princess of Hesse-Kassel (born 1823)
- 28 November – Erling Eckersberg, engraver (born 1808)
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