1898 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring

Publications

• Henrik Pontoppidan's ''Lykke-Per vol. I''

Births

• 11 January – Hans Kirk, author
• 13 January – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest
• 9 February – Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect and writer
• 2 March – Mogens Koch, architect and designer
• 17 May – Carl Hansen, footballer
• 29 October – Gudrun Bjørner, teacher and politician
• 31 October – C. F. Møller, architect

Deaths

• 15 August Arent Nicolai Dragsted, goldsmith
• 29 September – Louise of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Christian IX