Timeline of women in Denmark
This is a timeline of women in Denmark, noting important events in Danish women's history.´
Timeline
14th century
- 10 August 1387 –Margaret I of Denmark becomes the first woman to rule Denmark as a monarch: the first woman to rule Denmark was Margaret Sambiria as a regent in 1259.
17th century
- 27 December 1675 – Abel Cathrines Stiftelse is founded by Abel Cathrine von der Wisch.
19th century
- 24 February 1871 – The Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund) is founded by Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer.
- 1 October 1872 – Kvindelig Læseforening is founded at the initiative of Sophie Petersen (née Alberti).[1]
- 1875 – The University of Copenhagen is opened to women students.
- 1885 –Nielsine Nielsen becomes the first woman with a medical degree in Demark.[2]
- 1988 – The first women are accepted as students at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- 1890 – The Women's Council of Denmark is established.
- 1895 – The Nordic Women's Exhibition (Kvindernes Udstilling fra Fortid og Nutid) takes place in Copenhagen.
20th century
1915 Danish Women's March
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Line luplau seen in the foreground on her daughter Marie Luplau's large group portrait painting From the Early Days of the Fight for Women's Suffrage (1897).
- 15 May – The Danish Housewives Association is founded.
- 1918: Four Danish women are elected to the Folketing: Karen Ankersted, Mathilde Malling Hauschultz, Helga Larsen and Elna Munch
- 1924 – Nina Bang becomes the first female minister in an internationally recognized government when she is appointed Minister for Education.
- 1964 – KVINFO is founded.
- 1970 – The Danish Red Stocking Movement is established.
21st century
- 3 October 2011 – Helle Thorning-Schmidt becomes the first woman Prime minister of Denmark
- 30 September 2016 – Lone Træholt of the Royal Danish Air Force becomes Denmark's first woman general.[3]
- 11 September 2017 - Jette Albinus becomes the first woman in the Royal Danish Army to hold the rank of general.[4]
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References
- "Kvindelig Læseforening var det største skønlitterære bibliotek i Norden". Berlingske. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- "Nielsine Nielsen". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Lone Træholt er Danmarks første kvindelige general n". Forsvaret. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Hæren har fået sin første kvindelige general" (in Danish). TV2. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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