1916 in Denmark

Events from the year 1916 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X{{cite web |title=Christian X {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en}}
Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

16 April – The adoption of Retsplejeloven introduces a major reform of the Danish judicial system with effect from 1 October 1919.
4 August – the Treaty of the Danish West Indies is signed, transferring sovereignty of the Danish West Indies from Denmark to the United States. The transaction was finalised in 1917.

28 February – Svend Asmussen, jazz violinist (died 2017)
27 April – Johannes Sløk, philosopher and writer (died 2001)
30 May {{ndash}} Karen Lachmann, fencer (died 1962)
7 August {{ndash}} Mogens Andersen, artist (died 2003)
14 August – Grethe Philip, politician (died 2016){{cite encyclopedia|last1=Harding|first1=Merete|last2=Larsen|first2=Helge|title=Grethe Philip|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Grethe_Philip|encyclopedia=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|language=da|date=2 August 2017|access-date=2 December 2021}}

13 February – Vilhelm Hammershøi, painter (born 1864)
26 April {{ndash}} Gustav Adolph Hagemann, engineer and businessman (born 1842)
22 May – Sara Ulrik, flower painter (born 1855)
20 June – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (born 1843)
22 July – Hans Jørgen Holm, architect (born 1835)
26 November – Nielsine Petersen, sculptor (born 1853)