1881 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

• 24 May – the May 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 26 July – the July 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
• 1 October – the Herning–Skjern section of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line opens.
• 1 September – Rysensteen Gymnasium is established in Copenhagen.
• 21 September – the Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, is unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal.

• The Neye luggage company is established in Copenhagen.
• Danish Distillers open in Aalborg.

Births

• 15 January – Børge Nyrop, painter
• 24 April Harald Giersing, painter
• 6 July – Nancy Dalberg, composer
• 11 September – Asta Nielsen, actress
• 6 October Vilhelm Buhl, politician

Deaths

• 9 March – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark
• 31 March – Princess Caroline of Denmark
• 21 June – Emil Normann, painter
• 20 September – Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator
• 24 September – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer