1894 in Denmark

← 1893 1892 1891 1894 in Denmark → 1895 1896 1897
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1894 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1894 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup (until 7 August), Tage Reedtz-Thott

Events

• May 19 – Danish Authors' Society is founded in Copenhagen.
• July 28
  • The foundation stone is laid for the new Copenhagen City Hall. It is not completed until 1905.
  • The Stork Fountain at Amagertorv in Copenhagen is inaugurated.
• August 19 – Frederick's Church to its final design by Ferdinald Meldahl, almost 25+ years after its construction was first started by Nicolai Eigtved.
• November 9 - Freeport of Copenhagen opens to traffic. The same does a railway between the port and Nørrebro.

Undated

• The first electric elevator for human transportation in Denmark is installed in Magasin du Nord. A hydraulic elevator has been in operation at Hotel Kongen af Danmark since the 1870s.

Births

• May 1 – Carl Petersen, politician (died 1984)
• May 2 – Ellen Gottschalch, actress (died 1981)
• July 10 – Knud Heglund, actor (died 1960)
• July 14 – Osvald Helmuth, actor and singer (died 1966)
• September 9 – Poul Henningsen, writer, architect and designer (died 1967)

Deaths

• July 7 – Adolph Hannover, physician (born 1814)