1912 in Denmark

• Monarch – Frederick VIII (until 14 May), Christian X{{cite web |title=Frederick VIII {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-VIII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en}}
• Prime minister – Klaus Berntsen

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• 17 February – The Danish Union of Press Photographers is founded as the first national organization for newspaper photographers in the world.{{in lang|da}} [http://www.pressefotografforbundet.dk/forbundet/historie.php Pressefotografforbundet history.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925122933/http://www.pressefotografforbundet.dk/forbundet/historie.php |date=2015-09-25 }}
• 22 February – MS Selandia, the world's first ocean-going diesel-powered ship, departs Copenhagen on her maiden voyage, bound for Bangkok, with two B&W four-stroke diesel engines.{{cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm |title=Brief History about Copenhagen |publisher=Copenhagen Portal |access-date=2009-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423004632/http://copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm |archive-date=2011-04-23 }}
• 14 May – Frederick VIII dies and his son, Christian X, becomes king of Denmark.
• 15 May {{ndash}} The proclamation of Christian C as King of Denmark.
• 5 August – The Rebild Festival is held for the first time, delayed compared to the planned date, the American Independence on July 4, due to a period of national mourning upon King Frederik VII's sudden death. The celebrations are attended by somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.rebildfesten.dk/default.asp?pageId=48&mainId=9&lang=UK |title=Society history |publisher=Rebild Society |access-date=2011-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701064103/http://www.rebildfesten.dk/default.asp?pageId=48&mainId=9&lang=UK |archive-date=2009-07-01 }}
• 28 September – Jacob Ellehammer takes off for the first time in his self-built Ellehammer helicopter.

• 27 February {{ndash}} Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 3 are performed in public for the first time.

• 1 September {{ndash}} Aalborg Chang is founded.

• 30 January – Finn Juhl, architect and designer (died 1989)
• 18 February – Gustaf Munch-Petersen, writer and painter (died 1938)
• 14 March – Johan Jacobsen, film director (died 1972)
• 20 March – Knud Rex, actor (died 1968)

• 3 April – Kjeld Philip, economist and politician (died 1989)
• 27 April – Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, hereditary princess (died 1995)
• 10 June {{ndash}} Abraham Kurland, wrestler (died 1999)
• 4 June – Robert Jacobsen, artist (died 1993)

• 10 September – Herluf Bidstrup, cartoonist (died 1988)
• 16 September – Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter and illustrator (died 1999)

• 1 October {{ndash}} Anders Ejnar Andersen, politician (died 2006)
• 22 October – Peer Guldbrandsen, screenwriter, actor, film director and producer (d. 1996)

• 6 January {{ndash}} Georg Achen, painter (died 1860)
• 12 January – Herman Bang, writer (born 1857)
• 1 March – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1839)

• 24 April – Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, painter (born 1827)
• 14 May – Frederick VIII (born 1843)
• 26 May – Louis Hasselriis, sculptor (born 1844)

• 25 November – Moses Melchior, businessman (born 1825)

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