1914 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1914 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1914 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

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

Births

• 3 March – Asger Jorn, painter (died 1973)
• 2 April – Hans Wegner, furniture designer (died 2007)
• 13 April – Børge Mogensen, furniture designer (died 1972)
• 5 July – Gerda Gilboe, actress and singer (died 2009)
• 14 August – Poul Hartling, politician, former prime minister (died 2000)

Deaths

• 11 January – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron (born 1842)
• 12 January – Anton Dorph, painter (born 1831)
• 4 July – Anna Syberg, painter, one of the "Funen Painters" (born 1870)
• 13 August – Anders Petersen (historian), historian (died 1827)

References

See also

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