1890 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Events

• 21 January – Folketing election

Sports

• Roskilde Roklub is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 February Harald Hansen, painter

AprilJune

• 7 April - Paul Berth, footballer
• 21 April Aage Rafn, architect
• 12 June - Karl Jørgensen, actor
• 21 June Andreas Friis, painter

JulySeptember

• 20 July Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer
• 13 August Ellen Osiier, fencer
• 22 August Herman Ipsen Lund, boat builder and designer

OctoberDenmark

• 1 November - Henry Nielsen, actor
• 8 November – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg

Deaths

• 22 February Carl Bloch, painter
• 10 July Heinrich Hansen, painter
• 24 July Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner
• 16 November Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken
• 22 November - Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress
• 21 December - Niels Gade, composer