Events from the year 1889 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events 6 January – the Faroese Society is formed. 26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded. 9 May – the Edouard Suenson Memorial is inaugurated on Store Kongensgade. 18 May – the Danish Football Association is established.
Undated Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks. Kvindevalgretsforeningen is established by Line Luplau to promote women's suffrage. The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch 6 January – Dida Dederding, doctor and academic (died 1955) 30 January Astrid Noack, sculptor (died 1954) 3 February – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director (died 1968)
AprilJune 16 May – Maria Garland, actor (died 1967) 29 May – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (died 1942) 30 May – Anker Engelund, engineer and university professor (died 1861)
JulySeptember 30 August – Bodil Ipsen, actress (died 1964) 4 September – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (died 1983) 14 September – Anthon Olsen, footballer (died 1972)
OctoberDecember 13 October Margrete Drejer, textile artist (died 1975) 17 November Axel Saltom ceramist (died 1961) 21 November Niels Larsen, sport shooter (died 1969) 1 December Kirsten Gloerfelt-Tarp, economist, politician, office manager and women's rights activist (died 1977)
Deaths
11 January Niels Peter Holbech, painter (born 1804) 2 May – Edward Tesdorpf, landowner (born 1817) 9 May William Hammer, painter (born 1821) 17 July – Auguste Sophie Friederike, princess of Hesse-Kassel (born 1823) 28 November – Erling Eckersberg, engraver (born 1808)
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