1917 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1917}}
Events from the year 1917 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
=Undated=
- Sovereignty of the Danish West Indies was officially transferred from Denmark to the United States, after the Treaty of the Danish West Indies was ratified.
Sports
- 26 April {{ndash}} Silkeborg IF is founded.
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- Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1916–17 Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Akademisk Boldklub 6{{ndash}}2 in the final.
Births
- 14 June – Lise Nørgaard, writer (died 2023)
- 18 June – Erik Ortvad, painter and illustrator (died 2008)
- 4 October {{ndash}} Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (died 1982)
- 28 October {{ndash}} Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (died 2003)
- 27 November – Arne Sørensen, footballer (died 1977)
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 4 January {{ndash}} Carl Ludwig Jessen, painter (born 1833)
- 30 January {{ndash}} Gerhard Faye, factory manager (born 1846)
- 26 February {{ndash}} Hanna Hoffmann, sculptor and silversmith (born 1858)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 5 May – Hans Smidth, painter (born 1839)
- 14 June – Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, politician (born 1844)
- 22 June {{ndash}} Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (born 1843)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 30 August {{ndash}} Otto Haslund, painter (born 1842)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 27 November {{ndash}} Christian Christiansen, physicist (born 1843)
- 21 December {{ndash}} Peter Gottfred Ramm, military officer, landowner and company founder (born 1834)
References
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