The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VIII 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.
Sports 9 June Skovshoved IF is founded.
Cycling 14–23 August The 1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch 3 January – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor and pianist (d. 2000) 7 February – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995) 22 February – Vermund Larsen, businessman, company founder (died 1970)
AprilJune 19 April Signe Rink, writer and enothologist (born 1836) 9 May Hilde Levi, physicist (died 2003) 25 June Marguerite Viby, actress (died 2001)
JulySeptember 5 July Aagot Lading, educator (died 1963)
OctoberDecember 20 August – Martin A. Hansen, writer (died 1955) 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, composer (died 1996)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 13 February Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1842) Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, lawyer (born 1826)
AprilJune 7 May – Joachim Andersen, flutist, conductor and composer (born 1847)
JulySeptember 9 July – Johannes Forchhammer, philologist (born 1827) 19 July – Leopold Rosenfeld, composer (born 1849) 27 August Emil Christian Hansen, chemist (born 1842) 25 September – Thomas Skat Rørdam, theologian and bishop (born 1832)
OctoberDecember 13 October – Janus la Cour, painter (born 1837) 21 November – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-born painter (b. 1851) 4 December – Princess Marie of Orléans, wife of Prince Valdemar (born 1865 in London) 29/30 December – Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable (born 1872)
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