1883 in Denmark

Events from the year 1883 in Denmark. == Incumbents == Monarch — Christian IX Prime minister — J. B. S. Estrup == Events == ;July 3 July – The temperate reaches 35.0 °C at Flintholm Manor, which was then the [[List of extreme temperatures in Denmark |highest temerature ever recorded in Denmark]]. October 11 October – The Russian tsar family departs from Copenhagen. December 1 December – The first Great Belt ferries, H/F Korsør and H/F Nyborg, goes into service. === Undated === Emil Christian Hansen from Carlsberg develops a method for propagating pure yeast which revolutionises the brewing industry. The yeast is named Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis after the brewery. Harboe's Brewery is founded in Skælskør. The Slagelse Hoard is discovered in Slagelse. == Culture == === Art === The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Thorvald Niss for Winter Scene from Folehaven and Bertha Wegmann for Portrait of the Artist's Sister. === Music === Danish composer Johan Svendsen is appointed principal conductor of Copenhagen's Royal Theatre Orchestra, despite his lack of experience in the role. Danish composer Carl Nielsen, aged 18, visits Copenhagen where he is introduced to Niels Gade. Gade suggests he enrol at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. == Births == === January–March === 3 February – Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (d. 1957) 11 February – Paul von Klenau, composer and conductor (d. 1946) 22 February – Olga Svendsen, actor (died 1942) 26 March – Poul Reumert, actor /died 1968) === April–June === 8 April – Thorvald Andersen, architect /died 1935) 23 April – Clara Pontoppidan, actress (died 1975) 23 May – Vilhelm Hvalsøe, architect (died 1958) === July–September === 19 August Emilius Bangert, composer and organist (d. 1962) Helga Ancher, painter (died 1064) 23 August – [[]], composer (died 1959) 25 September – Einar Middelboe, footballer (died 1968) === October–December === 3 October – Harry August Jansen, entertainer/magician (died 1955 in the United States) 8 October – Otto Andrup, museum director (d. 1953) 25 October – Ulrik Birch, aviator (died 1913) 7 November – Johannes Pedersen, scholar (died 1977) 2 December – Pola Gauguin, painter and writer (died 1961) == Deaths == === April–June === 2 May Christian Hansen, architect (b. 1803) Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (born 1797) 4 May — Thorald Brendstrup, painter (b. 1812) === July–September === 14 July – Svend Grundtvig, literary historian and ethnologist (born 1824) 25 July — Jens Adolf Jerichau, painter (b. 1816) 2 September – Frederik Storch, painter (born 1805) 13 September – Frederik Christopher Krohn, medallist and sculptor (born 1806) === October–December === 8 October – Hans Nielsen Jeppesen, businessman (born 1815) 24 October – Frederik Adolph de Roepstorff, philologist (born 1842 at sea) 30 November – Adda Ravnkilde, writer (born 1862) 24 December – Camillus Nyrop, instrument maker (born 1811) == References ==