1899 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
- March {{ndash}} The annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition opens. Anna Ancher's A Vaccination has already prior to the opening of the exhibition been sold to a Swedish collector, a fact reported in several newspapers.{{cite web |title=A Jab of Relief. Anna Ancher's 'A Vaccination' |url=https://perspectivejournal.dk/en/jab-relief-anna-anchers-vaccination |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=/perspectivejournal.dk |language=Danish}}
- 18 May {{ndash}} The Odsherred Railway opens.
- 4 June {{ndash}} KFUMs Boldklub København is founded.
- 21 July {{ndash}} The Danish Nurses' Organization is established.
- 5 September {{ndash}} The first labour and management agreement in Denmark is reached between the Danish Federation of Trade Unions and the Danish Employers' Confederation.Walter Kolvenbach, Employee Councils in European Companies (Springer, 2013) p. 97
- 22 November {{ndash}} J. P. Suhr & Søn is dissolved.{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Handel_og_industri/Grosserer/O.B._Suhr|title=O. Suhr|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|accessdate=29 August 2017}}
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- The Women's Council in Denmark is established.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 13 January {{ndash}} Gudrun Stig Aagaard, textile artist (died 1986)
- 30 January {{ndash}} Anna Sofie Boesen Dreijer, textile artist (died 1986)
- 2 March – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (died 1982)
- 10 March – Finn Høffding, composer (died 1997)
- 11 March – Frederik IX, King of Denmark (died 1972){{cite web |title=Frederick IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 June 2019 |language=en}}
- 19 March – Aksel Sandemose, author (died 1965)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 30 April {{ndash}} Olaf Wieghorst, painter (died 1988)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 27 July – Carl Johan Hviid, actor (died 1964)
- 2 September {{ndash}} Hans Jacob Nielsen, boxer (died 1967)
- 7 September {{ndash}} Hans Bjerrum, hockey player and businessman (died 1979)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 9 October {{ndash}} Thorkil Kristensen, politician (died 1989)
Deaths
- 22 March – Anna Henriette Levinsohn, opera singer (born 1839)
- 17 August – Erik Bøgh, journalist, playwright and songwriter (born 1822)
- 14 September {{ndash}} Vilhelm Groth, painter (born 1842)
- 21 October – Edvard Jünger, precision mechanic (born 1823)
- 18 November – Hans Peter Hansen, xylographer (born 1829)
- 29 December {{ndash}} Vilhelm Christesen, silver smith (born 1822)
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