1890 in Denmark

Events from the year 1890 in Denmark.

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in Denmark → 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1890 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

• 21 January – Folketing election

Sports

• Roskilde Roklub is founded.

Births

January–March

• 22 February – Carl Bloch, painter (born 1834)
• 17 February – Harald Hansen, painter (died 1967)

April–June

• 7 April – Paul Berth, footballer (died 1969)
• 21 April – Aage Rafn, architect (died 1953)^[2]
• 12 June – Karl Jørgensen, actor (died 1956)
• 21 June – Andreas Friis, painter (died 1983)

July–September

• 20 July – Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer (died 1960)
• 13 August – Ellen Osiier, fencer (died 1962)
• 22 August – Herman Ipsen Lund, boat builder and designer (died 1981)

October–Denmark

• 1 November – Henry Nielsen, actor (died 1967)
• 8 November – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (died 1950)

Deaths

• 10 July – Heinrich Hansen, painter (born 1821)
• 24 July – Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner (born 1811)
• 16 November – Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (born 1817)^[3]
• 22 November – Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress (born 1812)^[4]
• 21 December – Niels Gade, composer (born 1817)^[5]