1891 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian IXChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
- Prime minister – J. B. S. EstrupJacob Brønnum Scavenius EstrupJacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, , was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the Cabinet of Estrup.-Biography:Estrup was son of the...
Births
- April 7 – Ole Kirk ChristiansenOle Kirk ChristiansenOle Kirk Christiansen was the 10th son of an impoverished farmer family in Jutland in western Denmark. Born in Filskov, Denmark, he trained as a carpenter and started making wooden toys in 1932 to make a living after having lost his job during the depression. In 1942 a fire broke out at the...
,entrepreneur and businessman, inventor of LegoLegoLego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
(di.19581958 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – H. C. Hansen-Births:* March 26 – Michael Madsen, light-heavyweight boxer* April 4 – Morten Frost, badminton player* April 22 – Jesper Garnell, boxer-Deaths:...
) - October 1 – Svend MethlingSvend MethlingSvend Methling was a Danish actor and film director.He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924-1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929-1930.He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teater 1926-1929....
, actor (d. 19771977 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II* Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen-Births:*14 March - Ida Corr, singer*26 July - Martin Laursen, football player* 12 August - Jesper Grønkjær, football player* 14 October - Tina Dico, singer-songwriter...
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Deaths
- June 9 – Ludvig Lorenz, mathematician and physicist (b. 18291829 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Events:* June 7 – C. F. Hansen's new Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen inaugurated after the previous building was destroyed in the British Bombardement of Copenhagen in 1807....
) - November 28 – Christen BergChristen BergChristen Poulsen Berg was a Danish liberal politician and editor. Often just referred to as “C. Berg”....
, politician (b. 18291829 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Events:* June 7 – C. F. Hansen's new Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen inaugurated after the previous building was destroyed in the British Bombardement of Copenhagen in 1807....
) - December 21 – Georg Emil HansenGeorg Emil HansenGeorg Emil Hansen was one of Denmark's pioneering photographers in the second half of the 19th century. He had his own studio in Copenhagen and later became a successful court photographer.-Early life:...
, photographer (b. 18331833 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Births:* May 12 – Georg Emil Hansen, photographer * July 7 – Ludvig Fenger, architect...
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