1908 in Denmark
The following lists events that happened during 1908 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - Frederick VIII[1]
- Prime minister - J. C. Christensen (until 12 October), Niels Neergaard
Events
Poster from the opening of Det Ny Teater
- 14 June – Gefion Fountain inaugurated at Langelinie in Copenhagen.
- 8 September – Former Minister of Justice Peter Adler Alberti turns himself in to the police for embezzlement of DKK 18 million (roughly DKK 1 billion as of 2006).[2]
- 19 September – Det Ny Teater opens in Copenhagen as the second largest theatre in the country.
- 20 October – Skagen Museum is founded in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel in Skagen with the ambition to collect works by the Skagen Painters and raise funds for the construction of a building for their exhibition.[3]
Undated
- Labour shortage begin to occur and the emigration to the United States almost stops.
Births
- 31 March – Karl Skytte, politician (d. 1986)
- 12 May – Gunnar Strømvad, actor (d. 1972)
- 31 May – Sigfred Johansen, actor (d. 1953)
- 1 October – Herman David Koppel, composer (d. 1998)
- 6 October – Bjarne Henning-Jensen, film director (d. 1995)
- 22 October – Ole Monty, actor (d. 1977)
- 23 October – Urban Hansen, politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (d. 1986)
Deaths
- 14 January – Holger Drachmann, poet, painter (born 1846)
- 3 February – Ferdinand Meldahl, architect (born 1827)
- 20 March – Frants Henningsen, painter (born 1850)
- 27 August – Thorvald Bindesbøll, architect, designer (born 1846)
- 20 October – Emil Blichfeldt, architect (born 1849)
- 26 October – Lorenz Frølich, painter and graphic artist (born 1820)
- 1 November – Christian Conrad Sophus Danneskiold-Samsøe, landowner and theatre director (born 1836)
- 8 November – Heinrich Hirschsprung, lawyer, businessman and patron (born 1836)
References
- "Frederick VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Forbrugerprisindeks og årlig inflation, Danmarks Statistik
- "Museets historie" (in Danish). Skagens Museum. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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