Events from the year 1910 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VIII Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 5 July), Klaus Berntsen
Events
January 5 January – Robert Svendsen set a Danish record when he reached a height of 84 during a flight at Kløvermarken in Amager.
May 20 May – The 1910 Folketing election is held.
June 3 June – Politiken-journalist Alfred Nervø makes the first flight over downtown Copenhagen when he takes off from Kløvermarken in a Voisin biplane, crosses the harbour and flies over Copenhagen Fortress and The Lakes before making a circuit of the City Hall tower and returns to Kløvermarken where he lands safely. 24 June – Faaborg Museum is inaugurated in manufacturer Mads Rasmussen's apartment. The current building was built from 1912 to 1915.
September 20 September – The 1910 Landsting election is held.
Date unknown The first separate bicycle path in Copenhagen is established around The Lakes, when the existing bridle paths are converted into isolated cycleways to accommodate the heavy growth of cycles at that time. There are almost 50,000 flush toilets installed in Copenhagen.
Sports 10 June Fremad Amager is founded. 25 July Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1910 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Births JanuaryMarch 30 January – Victor Gram, politician (died 1969) 6 March – Ejler Bille, artist (died 2004) 13 March – Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, actor (died 1985)
AprilJune 10 April – Aage Leidersdorff, Olympic fencer (died 1970) 10 May Ebbe Rode, actor (died 1998) 26 June Lau Lauritzen Jr., actor (died 1977)
JulySeptember 21 July – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (died 1976) 23 September Acton Bjørn, architect and designer (died 1992)
OctoberDecember 23 October Richard Mortensen, painter (died 1993) 1 December Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, medieval weapons expert (died 1991) Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 10 January Frederik Vermehren, painter (born 1823)
AprilJune 26 April – Christian Vilhelm Nielsen, architect (born 1833) 10 May – Palle Bruun, hydraulic engineer, designed the Port of Skagen (born 1873) 20 May Vilhelm Prior, book dealer and publisher (born 1835)
JulySeptember 6 July Jean Christian Ferslew, publisher and businessman (born 1836) 18 July – Henning Matzen, politician (born 1840) 26 September Thorvald N. Thiele, astronomer (born 1838)
OctoberDecember 4 November – Louise Bille-Brahe, court member (born 1830) 15 November – Julius Exner, painter (born 1825)
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