1901 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 – Hannibal SehestedHannibal Sehested (council president)Hannibal Sehested was Danish Council President from 27 April 1900 to 24 July 1901 as the leader of the Cabinet of Sehested. He was the last Danish Council President appointed by the king without support from the Danish Parliament before Denmark switched to a parliamentary system and the secret...
(until 24 May), Johan Henrik DeuntzerJohan Henrik DeuntzerJohan Henrik Deuntzer was a Danish politician, member of the Liberal Venstre party until 1905 where he joined the Danish Social Liberal Party...
Events
- April 3 – A FolketingFolketingThe Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means "People's thing"—that is, the people's governing assembly. It is located in Christiansborg Palace, on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen....
election is held. It was the first use of a secret ballotSecret ballotThe secret ballot is a voting method in which a voter's choices in an election or a referendum are anonymous. The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery. The system is one means of achieving the goal of...
in DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. - June 24 – The Frilandsmuseet open air museumFrilandsmuseetFrilandsmuseet is an open air museum in Lyngby at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1897 and covering 40 hectares, it is one of the largest and oldest open-air museums in the world....
is inaugurated in its present-day location north of Copenhagen - July 24 – SystemskiftetCabinet of DeuntzerAfter the 1901 Danish Folketing election, the Council President Johan Henrik Deuntzer of the Venstre Reform Party became the leader of Denmark's first liberal government. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Sehested consisting of member of the conservative party Højre, was formed...
(EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: The Shift of Governemt): With the appointment of the Cabinet of DeuntzerCabinet of DeuntzerAfter the 1901 Danish Folketing election, the Council President Johan Henrik Deuntzer of the Venstre Reform Party became the leader of Denmark's first liberal government. The resulting cabinet, which replaced the Cabinet of Sehested consisting of member of the conservative party Højre, was formed...
, parliamentarism is instituted in Denmarkk and with the exception of the Easter Crisis of 1920Easter Crisis of 1920The Easter Crisis of 1920 was a constitutional crisis and a significant event in the development of constitutional monarchy in Denmark. It began with the dismissal of the elected government by the reigning monarch, King Christian X, a reserve power which was granted to him by the Danish constitution...
no Danish government since 1901 has been formed against the vote of a majority of the members of Folketinget. - August 30 – A royal decrete opens the King's Gate to Rosenborg Castle Garden, at the corner of Gothersgade and Kronprinsessegade, to the public.
- September 25 – The Ny Carlsberg FoundationCarlsberg FoundationCarlsberg Foundation was founded by J. C. Jacobsen in 1876 and owns 30,3% of the shares in Carlsberg Group and has 74,2% of the voting power.The purpose of the foundation is to run and fund Carlsberg Laboratory, the museum at Frederiksborg Palace, to fund scientific research, run the Ny Carlsberg...
is established. - November 28 – Øksnehallen opens in the Meatpacking DistrictMeatpacking District, Copenhagenthumb|Entrance to Øksnehallenthumb|Slagtehusgade, former slaughterhouses in the Brown Meat District, now housing various creative venuesthumb|Detail of main building, the White Kødby...
in Copenhagen.
Undated
- The first automobileAutomobileAn automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
is registered in Copenhagen - The first kindergartenKindergartenA kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
with public support in Denmark is established and inaugurated at Enghave Plads in the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. Private kindergartens had been known since 18711871 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian IX* Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg-Undated:* The first private kindergarten in Denmark is established in Copenhagen by the writer Erna Juel-Hansen. Kindergarten with public support are not seen until 1901.-Deaths:* January 2 –...
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Births
- February 20 – Mogens LassenMogens LassenMogens Lassen was a Modernist Danish architect and designer, working within the idiom of the International Style. He mainly designed residential buildings, both in the form of single-family houses and apartment blocks...
, architect (d. 19871987 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter-Deaths:* 16 March - Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, architect * 14 December – Mogens Lassen, architect -See also:...
) - July 9 – Peter SekaerPeter SekaerPeter Sekaer was a Danish-American photographer and artist.thumb|250px|Peter Sekaer, Trailers for defense workers at Vultee Aircraft Plant. Nashville, Tennessee, 1941...
, photographer (d. 19501950 in the United States-January–March:* January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.* January 12 – Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S...
) - August 25 – Kjeld AbellKjeld AbellKjeld Abell was a Danish playwright and theatrical designer. Born in Ribe, Denmark, Abell's first designs were seen in ballets directed by George Balanchine at Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre and London's Alhambra Theatre....
, playwright (d. 19611961 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann-Events:* March 28 – The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court is created by act.-See also:...
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Deaths
- January 19 – Henrik August FlindtHenrik August FlindtHenrik August Flindt was a Danish gardener and landscape architect. His specialty was manor house gardens, of which he designed around 200 in Denmark and abroad...
, landscape architect (b. 18221822 in Denmark-Births:* April 24 – Henrik August Flindt, gardener and landscape architect * June 17 – Erik Bøgh, journalist, playwright and songwriter...
) - October 19 – Carl Frederik TietgenCarl Frederik TietgenCarl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. The founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation today, he played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark...
, industrialist and bankier (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 16 – Theobald SteinTheobald SteinTheobald Stein was a Danish sculptor. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and served as its director from 1883 to 1886....
, sculptor (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 29 – Ludvig GrundtvigLudvig GrundtvigLudvig Grundtvig was a Danish photographer and portrait painter. He based many of his later paintings on his own photographs.-Early life:Born in Nykøbing Falster, Grundtvig studied at the Danish Academy from 1851 to 1857, winning two awards....
, photographer (b. 18361836 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Events:* March 5 – The Music Society is founded in Copenhagen, on Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse's birthday, and for almost a century it remains the most important music venue in Denmark-Births:* May 12...
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