Events from the year 1912 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VIII (until 14 May), Christian X Prime minister – Klaus Berntsen
Events
February 17 February – The Danish Union of Press Photographers is founded as the first national organization for newspaper photographers in the world. Pressefotografforbundet history. 22 February – MS Selandia, the world's first ocean-going diesel-powered ship, departs Copenhagen on her maiden voyage, bound for Bangkok, with two B&W four-stroke diesel engines.
May 14 May – Frederick VIII dies and his son, Christian X, becomes king of Denmark. 15 May The proclamation of Christian X as King of Denmark.
August 5 August – The Rebild Festival is held for the first time, delayed compared to the planned date, the American Independence on July 4, due to a period of national mourning upon King Frederik VII's sudden death. The celebrations are attended by somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 people.
September
18 September Count Zeppelin lands his Zeppelin airship Hansa on Kløvermarken, its first destination outside Germany. 28 September – Jacob Ellehammer takes off for the first time in his self-built Ellehammer helicopter.
Culture Music 27 February Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 3 are performed in public for the first time.
Sports 1 September Aalborg Chang is founded.
Births JanuaryMarch 30 January – Finn Juhl, architect and designer (died 1989) 18 February – Gustaf Munch-Petersen, writer and painter (died 1938) 14 March – Johan Jacobsen, film director (died 1972) 30 March – Knud Rex, actor (died 1968)
AprilJune 3 April – Kjeld Philip, economist and politician (died 1989) 27 April – Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, hereditary princess (died 1995) 4 June – Robert Jacobsen, artist (died 1993) 10 June Abraham Kurland, wrestler (died 1999)
JulySeptember 1 July – Ulla Barding-Poulsen, Olympic fencer (died 2000) 2 August – Palle Huld, actor (died 2010) 10 September – Herluf Bidstrup, cartoonist (died 1988) 16 September – Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter and illustrator (died 1999)
OctoberDecember 1 October Anders Ejnar Andersen, politician (died 2006) 22 October – Peer Guldbrandsen, screenwriter, actor, film director and producer (d. 1996)
Deaths JanuaryMarch 6 January Georg Achen, painter (born 1860) 29 January – Herman Bang, writer (born 1857) 1 March – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born 1839)
AprilJune 6 April – Carl Thomsen, painter (born 1847) 24 April – Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, painter (born 1827) 14 May – Frederick VIII (born 1843) 20 May – Louis Hasselriis, sculptor (born 1844) 27 June Herman Siegumfeldt, painter (born 1833)
OctoberDecember 23 November – Vilhelm Pacht, painter (born 1843) 25 November – Moses Melchior, businessman (born 1825)
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