1888 in Denmark
Events from the year 1888 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Christian IX
- Prime minister - J. B. S. Estrup
Events
Undated
- The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 took place in Copenhagen.
Culture
Music
- 5 February First public performance of Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 6 March Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmachologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder
- 9 March Ernestine Nyrop, textile artist
- 15 March - Sophus Nielsen, footballer
- 30 March - Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor
AprilJune
JulySeptember
- 15 July - Svend Bille, actor
- 28 July – Adam Fischer, sculptor
- 12 August
- * Prince Axel of Denmark
- * John Olsen, film producer
OctoberDecember
- 13 December A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer
- 15 December - Kaare Klint, architect
- 16 December – Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete
Deaths
- 29 February - Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister
- 12 March Frederik Wilhelm Dannemand, military officer and landowner
- 8 August - Jørgen Roed, painter
- 14 August - Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister