1897 in Denmark

none April 2018 1897 Events from the year 1897 in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Christian IXChristian IX king of Denmark https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX Encyclopedia Britannica 17 June 2019 en Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott (until 23 May), Hugo Egmont Hørring Events March 20 March – The East Asiatic Company is founded by H. N. Andersen in Copenhagen. May 1 May – The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ioens in Copenhagen. 23 May – Tage Reedtz-Thott resigns as Prime minister of Denmark. The Hørring cabinet replaces the Reedtz-Thott cabinet. 29 May – St. Luke's Church in Frederiksberg is consecrated as the first new church to be built to relieve the pressure on Frederiksberg Church in the fast-growing Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen.http://www.sct-lukas-kirke.dk/Kirken%20ved%20Frederiksberg%20Metrostation%20og%20Center/Sct%20Lukas%20kirkes%20historie Kirkens historie da Sankt Lukas Kirke 30 August 2011August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 31 May – The Hillerød–Frederiksbværk Railway opens north of Copenhagen. It is later extended to Gundested. July 11 July – The 1897 Gentofte train crash takes place. August 2 August – The Voast Line netween Copenhagen (Østerport) and Helsingør is inaugurated. 7 August – Cabinet of Hørring is formed by Hugo Egmont Hørring of the conservative party Højre after Tage Reedtz-Thott's resignation as Council President, November 12 November – The People's House opens on Jagtvej in Copenhagen. Undated The Danish Workers' Union is founded. The machine company Titan A/S us founded by merger of two existing companies. Culture Visual arts December Peder Severin Krøyer's monumental oil-on-canvas group portrait painting A Meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is handed over the Carlsberg Foundation. Film Peter Elfelt's Driving with Greenland Dogs becomes the first film sequence shot in Denmark. Music 27 April – Carl Nielsen's first choral work, Hymnus amoris, completed the previous year, receives its première at the Music Society (Musikforeningen) in Copenhagen, with the composer conducting. Viggo Bielefeldt, Tia Krëtma and Katie Adler are the soloists.Daniel M Grimley Carl Nielsen and the Idea of Modernism Boydell 2010 9781843835813 xviii Undated Sports 12 June Aarhus Fremad is founded. 30 July 2 August Edwin Schraeder wins a gold medal in men's sprint at the amateur event of the 1897 ICA Track Cycling World Championships. Undated The Danish National Road Race Championships takes place for the first time. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1896–97 Football Tournament. Births thumb|120px|Max Hansen. thumb|120px|Sofie Madsen. JanuaryMarch 25 February – Erling Foss, engineer, businessman (died 1982) 6 March Knudåge Riisager, composer (died 1974) AprilJune 19 May – Wiwen Nilsson, silversmith (died 1974 in Sweden) 27 May – Henrik Sørensen, writer (died 1976) 9 June – Ejnar Jacobsen, composer (died 1970) JulySeptember 6 July Victor Isbrand, painter (died 1989) 5 August Aksel Larsen, politician (died 1972) 29 August – Helge Rosvaenge, singer (died 1972) OctoberDecember 29 October – Sigurd Langberg, actor (died 1954) 9 November – Arthur Jensen, actor (died 1981) 12 December Svend Olufsen, engineer (died 1949) 22 December Max Hansen, singer, actor and comedian (died 1962) 30 December Sofie Madsen, educator /died 1982) 31 December – Liva Weel, actress (died 1952) Deaths thumb|120px|Johannes Steenstrup. JanuaryMarch 30 March Christoph Cloëtta, chocolate manufacturer (born 1836) AprilJune 7 April Ludvig Gade, dancer and mime (born 1823) 30 April – Carsten Henrichsen, painter (born 1824) 12 May – Herman H. J. Lynge, antiquarian bookseller (born 1822) 20 June – Johannes Steenstrup, natural scientist (born 1813) JulySeptember 30 September Peter Nielsen, botanist (born 1829) OctoberDecember 5 October Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, archivist (born 1940) 6 November – Emma Thomsen, painter (born 1820) References 1897 Category:1890s in Denmark Denmark Category:Years of the 19th century in Denmark