Events from the year 1903 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer
Events January January 1903 Danish local elections are held.
March 2 March A Social Democrat is elected as lord mayor in Copenhagen for the first time.
April 18 April The local government of Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies issues a provisional Ordinance concerning measures against Glanders in St. Croix
June 16 June The 1903 Danish Folketing election is held. 30 September The Gjedser-Warnemünde ferry route is inaugurated.
Undated The Christmas Stamp Foundation is established. The new Frederiksberg Hospital is inaugurated. The cakewalk reaches Copenhagen. Motor ferries start to operate in the Port of Copenhagen.
Cilture The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Julius Paulsen for the painting Portrait of a Lady (Et dameportræt).
Sports 2 May Boldklubben 1903 is founded. 16–22 August The 1903 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint for the third year in a row.
Births 10 January – Jens August Schade, poet (died 1978) 21 April – Hans Hedtoft, politician, former prime minister (died 1955) 23 June – Hans Christian Branner, writer (died 1966) 30 July – Anna Borg, Danish-Icelandic actress (died 1963) 19 August Aage Dons, author (died 1993) 16 September – Ole Wanscher, furniture designer (died 1985) 28 November – Willy Gervin, cyclist (died 1951)
Deaths 11 May – Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (born 1819) 3 May Louise Nimb, restaurateur (born 1842) 12 October – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (born 1843) 11 December – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (born 1825)
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