1894 in Denmark

Events from the year 1894 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – HM Christian IX
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup (until 7 August), Tage Reedtz-Thott

Events

• May 19 – Danish Authors' Society is founded in Copenhagen.^[1]
• July 28
  • The foundation stone is laid for the new Copenhagen City Hall. It is not completed until 1905.^[1]
  • The Stork Fountain at Amagertorv in Copenhagen is inaugurated.^[1]
• August 19 – Frederick's Church to its final design by Ferdinald Meldahl, almost 25+ years after its construction was first started by Nicolai Eigtved.^[1]
• November 9 Free Port of Copenhagen opens to traffic. The same does a railway between the port and Nørrebro.^[1]

Undated

• The first electric elevator for human transportation in Denmark is installed in Mafasin du Nord. A hydraulic elevator has been in operation at Hotel Kongen af Danmark since the 1870s.^[1]

Births

• May 1 – Carl Petersen, politician (died 1984)
• May 2 – Ellen Gottschalch, actress (died 1981)
• July 10 – Knud Heglund, actor (died 1960)
• July 14 – Osvald Helmuth, actor and singer (died 1966)
• September 9 – Poul Henningsen, writer, architect and designer (died 1967)

Deaths

• July 7 – Adolph Hannover, physician (b. 1814)

References

See also