1908 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch - HM Frederick VIIIFrederick VIII of DenmarkFrederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.-Early life:Frederick was born on 3 June 1843 in the Yellow Palace in Copenhagen as Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior male line of the House of Oldenburg descended from Christian III of Denmark and who had...
- Prime minister - J. C. ChristensenJ. C. ChristensenJens Christian Christensen , most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician normally considered the most important Danish political figure between circa 1900 and 1920.Born into a West Jutland peasant family and starting as a herd boy he was educated a...
(until 12 October), Niels NeergaardNiels NeergaardNiels Thomasius Neergaard was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre...
Events
- June 14 – Gefion FountainGefion fountainThe Gefion Fountain is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. It features a large-scale group of animal figures being driven by the legendary Norse goddess, Gefjun...
inaugurated at LangelinieLangelinieLangelinie is a pier, promenade and park in central Copenhagen, Denmark, and home of the statue of The Little Mermaid. The area has for centuries been a popular destination for excursions and strolls in Copenhagen...
in CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
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- September 8 – Former Minister of Justice Peter Adler Alberti turns himself in to the police for embezzlementEmbezzlementEmbezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....
of DKKDanish kroneThe krone is the official currency of the Kingdom of Denmark consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It is subdivided into 100 øre...
18 million (roughly DKK 1 billion as of 2006). - September 19 – Det Ny Teater opens in CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
as the second largest theatre in the country. - October 20 – Skagen MuseumSkagen MuseumSkagen Museum is an art museum in Skagen, Denmark, which exhibits an extensive collection of works by members of the colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the area in the late 19th and early 20th century. Important artists include Maria and P. S. Krøyer, Anna and Michael Ancher, Laurits...
is founded in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel in SkagenSkagenSkagen is a projection of land and a town, with a population of 8,515 , in Region Nordjylland on the northernmost tip of Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark...
with the ambition to collect works by the Skagen PaintersSkagen PaintersThe Skagen Painters were a group of Scandinavian artists who gathered in the area of Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, from the late 1870s until the turn of the century...
and raise funds for the construction of a building for their exhibition.
Undated
- Labour shortage begin to occur and the emigration to America almost stops.
Births
- March 31 – Karl SkytteKarl SkytteKarl Skytte , was a Danish politician, member of Folketinget for the Social Liberal Party 1947-1978, and farmer. As Minister for Agriculture 1957-1964, he had only limited success in resisting the pressure for structural development of the sector resulting in the abandonment of many small farms...
, politician (d. 19861986 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter-Deaths:*1 April - Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choeographer, company director, actor...
) - May 12 – Gunnar StrømvadGunnar StrømvadGunnar Strømvad was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1940 and 1971.He was born and died in Denmark.-Filmography:* Den forsvundne fuldmægtig * Olsen-banden i Jylland...
, actor (d. 19721972 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX , HM Margrethe II* Prime minister – Jens Otto Krag , Anker Jørgensen-Deaths:* January 9 – Helga Frier, actress * January 14 – Frederick IX...
) - May 31 – Sigfred JohansenSigfred JohansenSigfred Johansen , was a Danish film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.-Filmography:*Odds 777 *De blaa drenge *Nyhavn 17 *De bør forelske Dem *Bag Københavns kulisser...
, actor (d. 19531953 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – Erik Eriksen , Hans Hedtoft-Births:* 26 January – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, politician former Danish Prime Minister, Secretary General of NATO...
) - October 1 – Herman David KoppelHerman David KoppelHerman David Koppel was a composer and pianist of Jewish origin.Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. He wrote 13 symphonies, numerous concertos, and 20 string quartets....
, composer (d. 19981998 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Nyrup Rasmussen-Events:*14 June - The Great Belt Link opens to traffic, connecting eastern and western Denmark.-Births:...
) - October 6 – Bjarne Henning-JensenBjarne Henning-JensenBjarne Henning-Jensen was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films between 1941 and 1974.He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark...
, film director (d. 19951995 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen-Events:* March 22 - The Dogma 95 movement is lainched at Le cinéma vers son deuxième siècle conference in Paris, where the cinema world gathered to celebrate the first century of motion...
) - October 22 – Ole MontyOle MontyOle Monty was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1937 and 1976.He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark.-Filmography:*Flådens blå matroser - 1937*Under byens tage - 1938...
, 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...
) - October 23 – Urban HansenUrban HansenUrban Hansen was a Danish politician for the Social Democratic Party. From 1962 to 1976 he was the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen. He is the inspiration to the housing project Urbanplanen on Amager near Copenhagen....
, politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (d. 19861986 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark* Prime minister - Poul Schlüter-Deaths:*1 April - Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer, choeographer, company director, actor...
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Deaths
- January 14 – Holger DrachmannHolger DrachmannHolger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann , was a Danish poet and dramatist. He is an outstanding figure of the Modern Break-Through....
, poet, painter (b. 18461846 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – Christian VII* Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann...
) - February 3 – Ferdinand Meldahl, architect (b. 18271827 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VI* Prime minister – Otto Joachim-Births:* March 16 – Ferdinand Meldahl, architect * May 12 – Israel B. Melchior, photographer -Deaths:...
) - March 20 – Frants HenningsenFrants HenningsenFrants Peter Diderik Henningsen was a Danish painter, illustrator and professor. Erik Henningsen, also an artist, was his younger brother.-Biography:...
, painter (b. 18501850 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick VII* Prime minister – Adam Wilhelm Moltke...
) - August 27 – Thorvald BindesbøllThorvald BindesbøllThorvald Bindesbøll was a Danish architect. He was one of Denmark's most important architects at the turn of the twentieth century....
, architect, designer (b. 18461846 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – Christian VII* Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann...
) - October 26 – Lorenz Frølich, painter and graphic artist (b. 18201720 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederick IV* Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested-See also:...
) - November 8 – Heinrich HirschsprungHeinrich HirschsprungHeinrich Hirschsprung was a Danish tobacco manufacturer, arts patron and art collector, founder of the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen, a museum dedicated to Danish art from the 19th and early 20th century....
, lawyer, businessman and patron (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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