1901 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
- 3 April – The 1901 Folketing election is held. It was the first use of a secret ballot in Denmark.
- 24 June – The Frilandsmuseet open-air museum is inaugurated in its present-day location north of Copenhagen.{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1901.html|title=1901|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=2010-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301061406/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1901.html|archive-date=1 March 2009|url-status=dead}}
- 24 July – Systemskiftet ("the change of system"): with the appointment of the Cabinet of Deuntzer, parliamentarism is instituted in Denmark,{{cite book | first = Nils
| last = Andrén
| editor1-last = Allardt
| editor1-first = Erik
| editor2-last = Andrén
| editor2-first = Nils
| editor3-last = Friis
| editor3-first = Erik J.
| year = 1981
| title = Nordic Democracy - Ideas, Issues, and Institutions in Politics, Economy, Education, Social and Cultural Affairs of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
| publisher = Det Danske Selskab
| isbn = 87-7429-040-1
| chapter = Five Roads to Parliamentary Democracy
| page = 46
}} and with the exception of the Easter Crisis of 1920 no Danish government since 1901 has been formed against the vote of a majority of the members of the Folketing.
- 30 August – A royal decree opens the King's Gate to Rosenborg Castle Garden, at the corner of Gothersgade and Kronprinsessegade, to the public.
- 25 September – The Ny Carlsberg Foundation is established.
- 28 November – Øksnehallen opens in the Meatpacking District in Copenhagen.
=Undated=
- The first automobile is registered in Copenhagen.
- The first kindergarten with public support in Denmark is established and inaugurated at Enghave Plads in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. Private kindergartens had been known since 1871.{{cite web|url=http://www.biblioteksvagten.dk/svar.asp?qaid=13706|title=Første børnehave og børnehavklasse i Danmark|publisher=Biblioteksvagten.dk|language=da|access-date=2010-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723080935/http://www.biblioteksvagten.dk/svar.asp?qaid=13706|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
Culture
=Music=
- 4 October {{ndash}} Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 is for the first time performed in public in the small hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.
Sports
- 28 March {{ndash}} Skive IK is founded.
- 14 July {{ndash}} Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1901 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Births
- 20 February – Mogens Lassen, architect (died 1987)
- 3 May – Ebbe Schwartz, football (died 1964)
- 9 July – Peter Sekaer, photographer (died 1950)
- 25 August – Kjeld Abell, playwright (died 1961)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 1 January {{ndash}} Sophus Schandorph, poet (born 1836)
- 19 January – Henrik August Flindt, landscape architect (born 1822)
- 6 February – Christian Frederik Lütken, zoologist ad naturalist (born 1827)
= October{{ndash}}December =
- 19 October – Carl Frederik Tietgen, industrialist and banker (born 1829)
- 31 October – Frederik Christian Lund, painter and illustrator (born 1826)
- 16 November – Theobald Stein, sculptor (born 1829)
- 28 November – Ludvig Grundtvig, photographer (born 1836)
References
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