1909 in Denmark
The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VIII[1]
- Prime minister – Niels Neergaard (until 16 August), Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (until 28 October), Carl Theodor Zahle
Events
- 20 April – Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections. General women's suffrage is not introduced in Denmark until 1915.[2]
Births
- 3 January – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor and pianist (d. 2000)
- 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, composer (d. 1996)
Deaths
- 27 April – Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (b. 1842)
- 7 May – Joachim Andersen, flutist, conductor and composer (b. 1847)
- 0 July – Johannes Forchhammer, philologist (b. 1827)
- 13 October – Janus la Cour, painter (b. 1837)
- 21 November – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-born painter (b. 1851)
- 29/30 December – Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable (b. 1872)
gollark: You are obviously not guaranteed to do a good job just because of being an opposite-gendered pair.
gollark: How can you prove *anyone* is a good parent?
gollark: ...
gollark: And it's not "from religion", it's "from one interpretation of one specific religion".
gollark: What are you basing that on, then?
References
- "Frederick VIII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "100 år med kvinders valgret". KVINFO. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
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