1909 in Denmark
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Incumbents

  • Monarch - HM Frederick VIII
    Frederick VIII of Denmark
    Frederick 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 - Niels Neergaard
    Niels Neergaard
    Niels Thomasius Neergaard was a Danish historian and political figure, a member of the Liberal Moderate Venstre and since 1910 of Venstre...

     (until 16 August), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
    Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
    Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido lensgreve Holstein til Ledreborg was a Danish politician, a descendant of Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 1909, as the leader of the Cabinet of...

     (until 28 October, Carl Theodor Zahle
    Carl Theodor Zahle
    Carl Theodor Zahle , Danish lawyer and politician; prime minister of Denmark 1909-1910, 1913-1920. In 1895 he was elected member of the lower chamber of the Danish parliament, Folketinget, for Venstrereformpartiet...


Events

  • 20 April - Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections. General Women's suffrage
    Women's suffrage
    Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...

     is not introduced in Denmark until 1915
    1915 in Denmark
    -Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle-Events:* 7 May - A Folketing election is held. As required to change the Constitution, the government called for the dissolution of both the Folketing and the Landsting in order for the new Rigsdag to be able to introduce...

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Births

  • January 3 – Victor Borge
    Victor Borge
    Victor Borge ,born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as The Clown Prince of Denmark,The Unmelancholy Dane,and The Great Dane.-Early life and career:...

    , comedian, conductor, pianist (d. 2000
    2000 in the United States
    -Incumbents:* President: Bill Clinton * Vice President: Al Gore * Chief Justice: William Rehnquist* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert * Senate Majority Leader: Trent Lott * Congress: 106th...

    )

Deaths

  • April 27 – Hugo Egmont Hørring
    Hugo Egmont Hørring
    Hugo Egmont Hørring was a Danish politician, a member of the Højre political party. He was Council President of Denmark from 1897 to 1900 as the leader of the Cabinet of Hørring....

    , politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1842
    1842 in Denmark
    -Incumbents:* Monarch – Christian VII* Prime minister – Otto Joachim, Poul Christian Stemann-Births:* March 2 – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron...

    )
  • November 21 – Peder Severin Krøyer
    Peder Severin Krøyer
    Peder Severin Krøyer , known as P.S. Krøyer, was a Norwegian-Danish painter. He is one of the best known and beloved, and undeniably the most colorful of the Skagen Painters, a community of Danish and Nordic artists who lived, gathered or worked in Skagen, Denmark, especially during the final...

    , painter (b. 1851
    1851 in Norway
    -Arts and literature:*10 January - The Norwegian Booksellers Association is founded.-January to June:*2 January - Haldor Boen, teacher and politician in America *25 January - Arne Garborg, writer...

    )

See also

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