1914 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

• January - Film censorship is abolished.
• 21 January - The Jerusalem Church in Tigensgade in Copenhagen is destroyed in a fire.
• 17 February - The first smørrebrød shop opens in Copenhagen.
• 7 March - Simon's Church is inaugurated in Copenhagen.
• 1 August - The government declares Denmark's neutrality in World War I.
• 31 August - The first 1 krone bank notes enter circulation.
• 19 September - The Lurblæserne monument is completed at City Hall Square in Copenhagen.
• 3 October - St. Augustine's Church on Jagtvej in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
• 20 December - A large Christmas tree is for the first time lit on City Hall Square in Copenhagen.

Sports

Date unknown

• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the second Danish National Football Tournament by defeating B 93 42 in the final.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 13 January – Osa Massen, actress
• 4 February Jette Bang photographer
• 3 March – Asger Jorn, painter

AprilJune

• 2 April – Hans Wegner, furniture designer
• 13 April – Børge Mogensen, furniture designer

JulySeptember

• 5 July – Gerda Gilboe, actress and singer
• 14 August – Poul Hartling, politician, former prime minister
• 15 September Jens Otto Krag, politician
• 21 September Tonny Ahm, badminton player

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 11 January – Carl Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist and arts patron
• 12 January
• * Anton Dorph, painter
• * Louise Phister, actress
• 27 January Mogens Ballin, painter and silversmith

AprilJune

• 1 April Sophus Mads Jørgensen, chemist

JulySeptember

• 4 July – Anna Syberg, painter, one of the "Funen Painters"
• 13 August – Anders Petersen, historian

OctoberDecember

• 24 November - Carl Wentorf, artist
• 10 December Valdemar Riise, pharmacist
• 11 December Nathan Heine, lawyer