1886 in Denmark

← 1885 1884 1883 1886 in Denmark → 1887 1888 1889
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See also:	Other events of 1886 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1886 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

17 August: King Luís I of Portugal arriving at Amalienborg Palace

• 14 April
  • HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
  • Ringkøbing Landbobank is founded.
• 20 April FDB is founded.
• 17 August – King Luís I of Portugal is received at Amalienborg Palace during his visit to Denmark.

Undated

• The Circus Building in Copenhagen is completed.

Culture

• The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Viggo Johansen for the painting Evening talk.

Sports

• 17 July – Boldklubben Frem is founded.

Births

January–March

• 17 January – Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (died 1959)
• 26 January
  • Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (died 1955)
  • Kræsten Iversen, artist (died 1955)
• 17 February – Ole Falkentorp, architect (died 1948)
• 20 February – Peter Freuchen, arctic explorer and writer (died 1957)

April–June

• 26 April – Olaf Rude, painter (died 1957)
• 1 May – Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (died 1949)
• 12 May – Kay Nielsen, illustrator (died 1957 in the United States)
  • 16 May – Peter L. Jensen, engineer and inventor (died 1961 in the United States)
• 17 May – Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, architect (died 1960)
• 19 May
  • Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (died 1964)
  • Øjvind Winge, biologist (died 1954)
• 30 June – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (died 1960)

July–September

• 12 July – Jean Hersholt, actor (died 1956 in the United States)
• 15 August – Kay Bojesen, designer (died 1958)
• 13 September – Ellen Dahl, writer (died 1959)
• 29 September – Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (died 1931)

October–December

• 12 October – Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (died 1980)
• 30 October – William Scharff, painter (died 1959)
• 16 December – Ingeborg Pehrson, asctress (died 1950)

Deaths

Johan Nicolai Madvig.

• 14 January – Anders Peter Westenholz, businessman and consul-general (born 1825)
• 30 April – Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (born 1811)
• 15 October – Vilhelm Christian Holm, composer (born 1820)
• 12 December – Johan Nicolai Madvig, philologist and politician (born 1804)