1904 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1904 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 12 February – Politikens Ekstrablad is published for the first time.^[2]
• 7 August The inauguration of Ribe Cathedral.
• 27 August The inauguration of Odense Canal in Odense is attended by the king.
• 17 September – The first Danish cinema, Kosmorama at Østerbrogade in Copenhagen, opens.^[3]

Undated

• April  - The fingerprint technique is adopted by the Copenhagen Police Force.
• The electrified tramway is extended from Tuborg to Klampenborg.
• The first vacuum cleaners arrive in the country.

Sports

• 21 August Fremad Valby is founded.
• 10 September Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

• 26 March – Leck Fischer, writer and playwright (died 1956)^[4]
• 5 May – Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist) and count of Knuthenborg (died 1970)
• 25 June – Poul Sørensen, politician (died 1969)

Deaths

• 24 September  - Niels Ryberg Finsen (born 1860, in the Faroe Islands)
• 6 December  - Johan Bartholdy, composer (born 1853)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christian IX king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 17 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: 1905. da. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 25 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204235045/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1905.html. 4 February 2016. dead.
3. Web site: 1904. Selskabet for Københavns Historie. 2010-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301060605/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1904.html. 1 March 2009. dead.
4. Leck Fischer. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Munch-Petersen. Erland. Erland Munch-Petersen. 17 July 2011. da. 22 January 2022. lex.dk.