1910 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1910 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VIII^[1]
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle (until 5 July), Klaus Berntsen

Events

• 20 May – The 1910 Folketing election is held.
• 24 June – Faaborg Museum is inaugurated in manufacturer Mads Rasmussen's apartment. The current building was built from 1912 to 1915.^[2]
• 20 September – The 1910 Landsting election is held.

Date unknown

• The first separate bicycle path in Copenhagen is established around The Lakes, when the existing bridle paths are converted into isolated cycleways to accommodate the heavy growth of cycles at that time.^[3]
• There are almost 50,000 flush toilets installed in Copenhagen.^[3]

Sports

• 10 June Fremad Amager is founded.
• 25 July Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1910 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 30 January – Victor Gram, politician (died 1969)
• 6 March – Ejler Bille, artist (died 2004)

AprilJune

• 10 April – Aage Leidersdorff, Olympic fencer (died 1970)

JulySeptember

• 21 July – Viggo Kampmann, politician, former prime minister (died 1976)
• 23 September Acton Bjørn, architect and designer (died 1992)

OctoberDecember

• 23 October Richard Mortensen, painter (died 1993)
• 1 December
  • Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, medieval weapons expert (died 1991)
  • Per Palle Storm, sculptor (died 1994)^[4]

Deaths

• 10 January Frederik Vermehren, painter (born 1823)
• 26 April – Christian Vilhelm Nielsen, architect (born 1833)
• 18 July – Henning Matzen, politician (born 1840)
• 10 May – Palle Bruun, hydraulic engineer, designed the Port of Skagen (born 1873)
• 4 November – Louise Bille-Brahe, court member (born 1830)
• 15 November – Julius Exner, painter (born 1825)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VIII: king of Denmark . 17 June 2019 . Encyclopedia Britannica . en.
2. Web site: Faaborg Museum is inaugurated 1910. Faaborg Museum. 2011-05-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004190528/http://www.faaborgmuseum.dk/english/exhibition/indvielsen.htm. 4 October 2011. dead.
3. Web site: Brief History about Copenhagen . Copenhagen Portal . 2009-11-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110423004632/http://copenhagenet.dk/CPH-History.htm . 2011-04-23 .
4. Encyclopedia: Per Palle Storm . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Svein . Aamold . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 6 November 2012.