Events from the year 1912 in Denmark.
Incumbents
* Monarch –
Frederick VIII (until 14 May),
Christian X
Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...
* Prime minister –
Klaus Berntsen
Klaus Berntsen (12 June 1844 – 27 March 1927) was a Danish politician
A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the ...
Events
* 17 February – The
Danish Union of Press Photographers
The Danish Union of Press Photographers (Denmark, Danish: Pressefotografforbundet), a trade union, is the oldest national organization for newspaper photographers in the world. Based in Copenhagen, in 2009 it had 820 members.
History
The union was ...
is founded as the first national organization for newspaper photographers in the world.
* 22 February – ''
MS Selandia'', the world's first ocean-going
diesel-powered ship, departs
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
on her maiden voyage, bound for
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
, with two
B&W four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
diesel engines.
* 14 May –
Frederick VIII dies and his son,
Christian X
Christian X (; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947, and the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Ice ...
, becomes king of Denmark.
* 15 May The proclamation of Christian C as King of Denmark.
* 5 August – The
Rebild Festival
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is held for the first time, delayed compared to the planned date, the
American Independence
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on July 4, due to a period of national mourning upon King
Frederik VII's sudden death. The celebrations are attended by somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 people.
* 28 September –
Jacob Ellehammer
Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer (born 14 June 1871 in Bakkebølle, died 20 May 1946 in Gentofte) was a Danish inventor and aviation pioneer. He obtained a total of 59 Danish patents and worked with many different things, including amusement ...
takes off for the first time in his self-built
Ellehammer helicopter
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The Ellehammer helicopter was an otherwise-unnamed experimental aircraft built in Denmark in 1912. Based on experiments with models, Jacob Ellehammer constructed a full-size machine equipped with two contra-rotating discs, each of whi ...
.
Culture
Music
* 27 February
Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor, and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer.
Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he d ...
's
Violin Concerto
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and
Symphony No. 3 are performed in public for the first time.
Sports
* 1 September
Aalborg Chang
Aalborg Chang is a Danish association football club based in the city of Aalborg, that competes in the Jutland Series, one of the sixth tiers of the Danish football league system, and the top tier of the regional DBU Jutland football associati ...
is founded.
Births
JanuaryMarch
* 30 January –
Finn Juhl
Finn Juhl (30 January 1912 – 17 May 1989) was a Denmark, Danish architect, interior design, interior and industrial designer, most known for his furniture design. He was one of the leading figures in the creation of Danish design in the 1940s an ...
, architect and designer (died
1989
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)
* 18 February –
Gustaf Munch-Petersen
Gustaf Munch-Petersen (February 18, 1912 – April 2, 1938) was a Danish writer and painter. He wrote surreal prose poems, considered groundbreaking in his time, which have inspired later writers.
Biography
Gustaf Munch-Petersen grew up in a ri ...
, writer and painter (died
1938
Events
January
* January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS).
* January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
)
* 14 March –
Johan Jacobsen
Johan Jacobsen (14 March 1912 – 7 July 1972) was a Danish film director. His parents were theatre manager Jacob Jørgen Jacobsen (1865–1955) and actress Christel Holch (1886–1968).
In the 1940s, Jacobsen directed a number of both popula ...
, film director (died
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...
)
* 20 March –
Knud Rex
Knud Rex (30 March 1912 – 24 December 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor.
Filmography
Source:
* '' Sun Over Denmark'' - 1936
*'' Den gamle præst'' - 1939
*'' Komtessen på Stenholt'' - 1939
*'' Frøken Kirkemus'' - 1941
*'' Natekspr ...
, actor (died
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
)
AprilJune
* 3 April –
Kjeld Philip
Kjeld Løwenstein Philip (3 April 1912 in Copenhagen – 27 October 1989) was a Danish economist and politician representing the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Trade Minister from 1957 to 1960 as member of the Cabinet of H. C. Hansen I ...
, economist and politician (died
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
)
* 27 April –
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid; 27 April 1912 – 12 December 1995) was a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of King Frederik VIII of Denmar ...
, hereditary princess (died
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
)
* 10 June
Abraham Kurland
Abraham Kurland (10 June 1912 – 14 March 1999) was a Danish Olympic silver medalist wrestler. Kurland won 12 Denmark championships from 1932-49, won a silver medal in lightweight Greco Roman wrestling at the 1932 Olympics and a gold medal i ...
, wrestler (died
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
)
* 4 June –
Robert Jacobsen
Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen (4 June 1912 – 26 January 1993) was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award is named in his honor.
Biography
In this period he created massive granite and sandstone structures which he called "M ...
, artist (died
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
)
JulySeptember
* 10 September –
Herluf Bidstrup
Herluf Bidstrup (; 10 September 1912 – 26 December 1988) was a Danish cartoonist and illustrator.
Bidstrup was educated as a painter at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and throughout his career he authored more than 5,000 cartoons. He w ...
, cartoonist (died
1988
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)
* 16 September –
Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter and illustrator (died
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
)
OctoberDecember
* 1 October
Anders Ejnar Andersen
Anders Ejnar Andersen (1912–2006) was a Danish politician who was a member of Venstre and held various government posts, including minister finance and minister of economic affairs in the 1970s and 1980s.
Early life and education
Andersen was ...
, politician (died
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
)
* 22 October –
Peer Guldbrandsen
Peer Guldbrandsen (22 October 1912 – 13 March 1996) was a Danish screenwriter, actor, film director and producer. He wrote for 42 films between 1940 and 1976. He also appeared in 23 films between 1939 and 1978.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
, screenwriter, actor, film director and producer (d.
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch
* 6 January
Georg Achen, painter (died
1860
Events
January
* January 2 – The astronomer Urbain Le Verrier announces the discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet), Vulcan at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 &ndas ...
)
* 12 January –
Herman Bang
Herman Joachim Bang (20 April 1857 – 29 January 1912) was a Danish journalist and author, one of the men of the Modern Breakthrough.
Biography Early life and education
Bang was born in Asserballe, on the small Danish island of Als, the son o ...
, writer (born
1857
Events January–March
* January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, '' Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen.
* January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating.
* Ja ...
)
* 1 March –
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Count Johan Ludvig Carl Christian Tido of Holstein-Ledreborg (10 June 1839 – 1 March 1912), was a Danish politician who was Minister of State of Denmark. He was Council President of Denmark for two months, from 16 August to 28 October 190 ...
, politician, prime minister of Denmark (born
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – ...
)
AprilJune
* 24 April –
Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen
Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1 March 1827 – 24 April 1912) was a Danish landscape painter.
Biography
Rasmussen Eilersen was born at Østerby, Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Denmark.
His father, Rasmus Eilersen (1788-1869), was a farmer and the ...
, painter (born
1827
Events
January–March
* January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place in Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart.
* January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, b ...
)
* 14 May –
Frederick VIII (born
1843
Events January–March
* January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China.
* J ...
)
* 26 May –
Louis Hasselriis
Louis Hasselriis (12 January 1844 – 20 May 1912) was a Danish sculptor known for his public statuary.
Early life and education
Hasselriis was born in Hillerød, the son of Herman Edvard Louis H (1815–1907) and Sophie Frederikke Schondel ( ...
, sculptor (born
1844
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)
OctoberDecember
* 25 November –
Moses Melchior, businessman (born
1825
Events
January–March
* January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis.
* February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an ...
)
References
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