1889 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Events

• 6 January – the Faroese Society is formed.
• 26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded.
• 9 May – the Edouard Suenson Memorial is inaugurated on Store Kongensgade.
• 18 May – the Danish Football Association is established.

• Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks.
• Kvindevalgretsforeningen is established by Line Luplau to promote women's suffrage.
• The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 3 February – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director

AprilJune

• 16 May – Maria Garland, actor
• 29 May – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator
• 30 May – Anker Engelund, engineer and university professor

JulySeptember

• 30 August – Bodil Ipsen, actress
• 4 September – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete
• 14 September – Anthon Olsen, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 13 October Margrete Drejer, textile artist
• 17 November Axel Saltom ceramist
• 21 November Niels Larsen, sport shooter
• 1 December Kirsten Gloerfelt-Tarp, economist, politician, office manager and women's rights activist

Deaths

• 11 January Niels Peter Holbech, painter
• 2 May – Edward Tesdorpf, landowner
• 9 May William Hammer, painter
• 17 July – Auguste Sophie Friederike, princess of Hesse-Kassel
• 28 November – Erling Eckersberg, engraver