Events from the year 1896 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott
Events
25 January – Børsen, then as a four pages weekly newspaper, is published for the first time. 18 April – Frants Hvass, diplomat (died 1982) 1 October – The newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad is published for the first time. 14 December – A treaty between Denmark and Portugal is signed, establishing diplomatic relations.
Undated The first registered herd of Danish Landrace pigs is established.
Sports April Viborg FF is founded. 6–15 April – Denmark wins 1 gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 1896 Summer Olympics. 7 April – Viggo Jensen wins a gold medal in Men's two hand lift and a bronze medal in Men's one hand lift wrestling. 0 April – Holger Nielsen wins a bronze medal in Men's sabre fencing. 11 April Holger Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 30 metre free pistol and a bronze medal in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol. 12 April – Viggo Jensen wins a bronze medal in Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions.
Cycling 14–15 August The 1896 ICA Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen. Denmark wins a silver medal and a bronze medal at the amateur event.
Births
JanuaryMarch 5 January – Eyvind Johan-Svendsen, stage and film actor (died 1946) 24 January – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop (died 1997) 7 February – Christian Thomas, gymnast (died 1970) 4 March – Kai Holm, actor (died 1985)
AprilJune 8 April – Einar Juhl, film actor (died 1982) 4 May – Frits Schlegel, architect (died 1965) 9 May – Ingeborg Frederiksen, illustrator (died 1976) 11 June – Julius Bomholt, politician (died 1969)
JulySeptember 20 July – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (died 1987) 12 August – Ejner Federspiel, actor (died 1981) 31 August – Henning Haslund-Christensen, travel writer and anthropologist (died 1948) 20 September – Fleming Lynge, screenwriter (died 1970)
OctoberDecember 30 October – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist (died 1983)
Deaths JanuaryMarch
8 January – Carl Adolph Feilberg, businessman (born 1810) 14 March Therese Brummer, writer (born 1833)
AprilJune 4 April Juliette Price, ballet dancer (died 1831) 20 April Hans Peter Ingerslev, politician (died 1831) 8 June – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant (born 1817)
JulySeptember 19 August – Julius Lange, art historian (born 1838)
OctoberDecember 12 October Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, politician and landowner (born 1817)
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