Events from the year 1919 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch - Christian X Prime minister - Carl Theodor Zahle
Events 1 October – Retsplejeloven enters into force, implementing a major reform of the Danish judicial system originally adopted on 11 April 1916. 1 November – Vigerslev train crash takes place in the Valby district of Copenhagen.
The arts
Music 15 November – Premiere of Hakon Børresen's opera Den Kongelige Gæst at the Royal Danish Theatre.
Sports 15 May Brønshøj Boldklub is founded.
Date unknown AB wins its first Danish football championship by defeating Boldklubben 1901 30 in the final of the 1918–19 Danish National Football Tournament.
Births
JanuaryMarch 17 January Elsa Gress, author (died 1988)
AprilJune 10 June Jane Muus, painter and illustrator (died 2007)
JulySeptember 14 July Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, artist and designer (died 1982) 24 August – Niels Viggo Bentzon, composer (died 2000) 20 September Bjørn Wiinblad, ceramist and painter (died 2006)
OctoberDecember 13 October Poul Møller, politician (died 1997) 7 December – Lis Løwert, actress (died 2009) 21 December – Ove Sprogøe, actor (died 2004)
Deaths 15 January Emma Thomsen, actress (born 1893) 21 May Clemens Petersen, writer (born 1834) 6 January – Eline Hansen, feminist (born 1859) 28 January Charles Brun, politician (born 1866) 15 July Charles Ambt, engineer (born 1847)
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