1903 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1903 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister  - Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

• January 1903 Danish local elections are held.

• 2 March A Social Democrat is elected as lord mayor in Copenhagen for the first time.^[2]
• 18 April The local government of Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies issues a provisional Ordinance concerning measures against Glanders in St. Croix
• 16 June The 1903 Danish Folketing election is held.

Undated

• The Christmas Stamp Foundation is established.
• The new Frederiksberg Hospital is inaugurated.
• The cakewalk reaches Copenhagen.
• Motor ferries start to operate in the Port of Copenhagen.

Sports

• 2 May Boldklubben 1903 is founded.
• 16–22 August The 1903 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
  • Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint for the third year in a row.

Births

• 10 January – Jens August Schade, poet (died 1978)
• 21 April – Hans Hedtoft, politician, former prime minister (died 1955)
• 23 June – Hans Christian Branner, writer (died 1966)^[3]
• 30 July – Anna Borg, Danish-Icelandic actress (died 1963)^[4]
• 28 November – Willy Gervin, cyclist (died 1951)

Deaths

• 11 May  - Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (born 1819)
• 3 May Louise Nimb, restaurateur (born 1842)
• 12 October – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (born 1843)^[5]
• 11 December – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (born 1825)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: 1903. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 2010-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301062900/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1903.html. 1 March 2009. dead.
3. Web site: Hans Christian Branner. Encyclopedia Britannica. 13 October 2021.
4. Encyclopedia: Wiingaard. Jytte. Anna Borg. Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon. da. 20 October 2022. 2001. 29 October 2022.
5. Encyclopedia: Erhard Frederiksen . Christensen . Anton . . 17 July 2011 . da . 2 October 2021.
6. Artist: H. Tønnies . . da . 27 November 2021.