1909 in Denmark
The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VIII
- Prime minister – Niels Neergaard, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Carl Theodor Zahle
Events
- 20 April – Women are given the right to vote in municipal elections. General women's suffrage is not introduced in Denmark until 1915.
Sports
- 9 June Skovshoved IF is founded.
Cycling
- 14–23 August The 1909 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 3 January – Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor and pianist
- 7 February – Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter
- 22 February – Vermund Larsen, businessman, company founder
AprilJune
- 9 May Hilde Levi, physicist
- 25 June Marguerite Viby, actress
JulySeptember
- 5 July Aagot Lading, educator
OctoberDecember
- 20 August – Martin A. Hansen, writer
- 20 December – Vagn Holmboe, composer
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
- 13 February
- * Hugo Egmont Hørring, politician, prime minister of Denmark
- * Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, lawyer
AprilJune
- 7 May – Joachim Andersen, flutist, conductor and composer
JulySeptember
- 9 July – Johannes Forchhammer, philologist
- 19 July – Leopold Rosenfeld, composer
- 27 August Emil Christian Hansen, chemist
- 25 September – Thomas Skat Rørdam, theologian and bishop
OctoberDecember
- 13 October – Janus la Cour, painter
- 21 November – Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-born painter
- 4 December – Princess Marie of Orléans, wife of Prince Valdemar
- 29/30 December – Carl Emil Krarup, telegraph engineer, mainly known for the invention of the Krarup cable, a kind of loaded cable