1897 in Denmark
Events from the year 1897 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Christian IX
- Prime minister - Tage Reedtz-Thott, Hugo Egmont Hørring
Events
- 23 May - Tage Reedtz-Thott resigns as Prime minister of Denmark
- 29 May - St. Luke's Church in Frederiksberg is consecrated as the first new church to be built to relieve the pressure on Frederiksberg Church in the fast-growing Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen.
- 11 July — 1897 Gentofte train crash
- 7 August — Cabinet of Hørring is formed by Hugo Egmont Hørring of the conservative party Højre after Tage Reedtz-Thott's resignation as Council President,
Sports
- 12 June Aarhus Fremad is founded.
- 30 July 2 August Edwin Schraeder wins a gold medal in men's sprint at the amateur event of the 1897 ICA Track Cycling World Championships.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 25 February - Erling Foss, engineer, businessman
AprilJune
- 19 May - Wiwen Nilsson, silversmith
JulySeptember
- 29 August - Helge Rosvaenge, singer
OctoberDecember
- 29 October - Sigurd Langberg, actor
- 9 November - Arthur Jensen, actor
- 31 December - Liva Weel, actress
Deaths
- 30 April - Carsten Henrichsen, painter
- 12 May – Herman H. J. Lynge, antiquarian bookseller
- 20 June – Johannes Steenstrup, natural scientist
- 30 September Peter Nielsen, botanist
- 5 October Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, archivist
- 6 November – Emma Thomsen, painter