Events from the year 1914 in Denmark.

Incumbents Monarch – Christian X Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events January – Film censorship is abolished. 21 January – The Jerusalem Church in Tigensgade in Copenhagen is destroyed in a fire. 17 February – The first smørrebrød shop opens in Copenhagen. 7 March – Simon's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen. 1 August – The government declares Denmark's neutrality in World War I. 31 August – The first (red) 1 krone bank notes enter circulation. 19 September – The Lurblæserne monument is completed at City Hall Square in Copenhagen. 3 October – St. Augustine's Church on Jagtvej in Copenhagen is inaugurated. 20 December – A large Christmas tree is for the first time lit on City Hall Square in Copenhagen.

Undated

Sports

Date unknown Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the second Danish National Football Tournament by defeating B 93 42 in the final.

Births

JanuaryMarch 13 January – Osa Massen, actress (died 2006) 4 February Jette Bang photographer (died 1964) 3 March – Asger Jorn, painter (died 1973)

AprilJune 2 April – Hans Wegner, furniture designer (died 2007) 13 April – Børge Mogensen, furniture designer (died 1972)

JulySeptember 5 July – Gerda Gilboe, actress and singer (died 2009) 14 August – Poul Hartling, politician, former prime minister (died 2000) 15 September Jens Otto Krag, politician (died 1978) 21 September Tonny Ahm, badminton player (born 1993)

Deaths

JanuaryMarch 11 January – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (born 1842) 12 January Anton Dorph, painter (born 1831) Louise Phister, actress (born 1816) 27 January Mogens Ballin, painter and silversmith (died 1871)

AprilJune 1 April Sophus Mads Jørgensen, chemist (born 1837) 14 April Vilhelm Fischer, architect (born 1868)

JulySeptember 4 July – Anna Syberg, painter, one of the "Funen Painters" (born 1870)

13 August – Anders Petersen, historian (died 1827)

OctoberDecember 24 November – Carl Wentorf, artist (born 1863) 10 December Valdemar Riise, pharmacist (born 1853) 11 December Nathan Heine, lawyer (born 1835)

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