1908 in Denmark

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Decades: 1880s1890s1900s1910s1920s

The following lists events that happened during 1908 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch - Frederick VIII

Prime minister - J. C. Christensen (until 12 October), Niels Neergaard

Events

9 June - In the Gunboat War, Danish gunboats seizes HMS Turbulent

14 June – Gefion Fountain inaugurated at Langelinie in Copenhagen.

8 September – Former Minister of Justice Peter Adler Alberti turns himself in to the police for embezzlement of DKK 18 million (roughly DKK 1 billion as of 2006).

19 September – Det Ny Teater opens in Copenhagen as the second largest theatre in the country.

20 October – Skagen Museum is founded in the dining room at Brøndums Hotel in Skagen with the ambition to collect works by the Skagen Painters and raise funds for the construction of a building for their exhibition.

Undated

Labour shortage begin to occur and the emigration to the United States almost stops.

Births

31 March – Karl Skytte, politician (d. 1986)

12 May – Gunnar Strømvad, actor (d. 1972)

31 May – Sigfred Johansen, actor (d. 1953)

1 October – Herman David Koppel, composer (d. 1998)

6 October – Bjarne Henning-Jensen, film director (d. 1995)

22 October – Ole Monty, actor (d. 1977)

23 October – Urban Hansen, politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen (d. 1986)

Deaths

14 January – Holger Drachmann, poet, painter (b. 1846)

3 February – Ferdinand Meldahl, architect (b. 1827)

20 March – Frants Henningsen, painter (b. 1850)

27 August – Thorvald Bindesbøll, architect, designer (b. 1846)

20 October – Emil Blichfeldt, architect (b. 1849)

26 October – Lorenz Frølich, painter and graphic artist (b. 1820)

8 November – Heinrich Hirschsprung, lawyer, businessman and patron (b. 1836)

References

1908 in Denmark Wikipedia

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