1910 in Denmark

← 1909 1908 1907 1910 in Denmark → 1911 1912 1913
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1910 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1910 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VIII ^[1]
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 5 July), Klaus Berntsen

Events

From the inauguration of Faaborg Museum on 24 June, painting by Peter Hansen

• 20 May – The 1910 Folketing election is held.
• 24 June – Faaborg Museum is inaugurated in manufacturer Mads Rasmussen's apartment. The current building was built from 1912 to 1915. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]
• There are almost 50,000 flush toilets installed in Copenhagen. ^[3]

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

January–March

• 30 January – Victor Gram, politician (died 1969)
• 6 March – Ejler Bille, artist (died 2004)

April–June

• 10 April – Aage Leidersdorff, Olympic fencer (died 1970)

July–September

• 21 July – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (died 1976)
• 23 September – Acton Bjørn, architect and designer (died 1992)

October–December

• 23 October – Richard Mortensen, painter (died 1993)
• 1 December
  • Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, medieval weapons expert (died 1991)
  • Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994) ^[4]

Deaths

• 10 January – Frederik Vermehren, painter (born 1823)
• 26 April – Christian Vilhelm Nielsen, architect (born 1833)
• 18 July – Henning Matzen, politician (born 1840)
• 10 May – Palle Bruun, hydraulic engineer, designed the Port of Skagen (born 1873)
• 4 November – Louise Bille-Brahe, court member (born 1830)
• 15 November – Julius Exner, painter (born 1825)

References

1. "Frederick VIII: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "Faaborg Museum is inaugurated 1910". Faaborg Museum. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
3. "Brief History about Copenhagen". Copenhagen Portal. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
4. Aamold, Svein. "Per Palle Storm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2012.