1904 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian IX
• Prime minister - Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

• 12 February – Politikens Ekstrablad is published for the first time.
• 7 August The inauguration of Ribe Cathedral.
• 27 August The inauguration of Odense Canal in Odense is attended by the king.
• 17 September – The first Danish cinema, Kosmorama at Østerbrogade in Copenhagen, opens.
• 4 December – The K.U. or Konservativ Ungdom is founded by Carl F. Herman von Rosen.

Undated

• April - The fingerprint technique is adopted by the Copenhagen Police Force.
• The electrified tramway is extended from Tuborg to Klampenborg.
• The first vacuum cleaners arrive in the country.

Sports

• 21 August Fremad Valby is founded.
• 10 September Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

• 26 March – Leck Fischer, writer and playwright
• 5 May – Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist) and count of Knuthenborg
• 25 June – Poul Sørensen, politician

Deaths

• 24 September - Niels Ryberg Finsen
• 6 December - Johan Bartholdy, composer