1872 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian IXChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
- Prime minister – Ludvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Holstein-HolsteinborgLudvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein-Holsteinborg was a Danish politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 28 May 1870 to 14 July 1874 as the leader of the Cabinet of Holstein-Holsteinborg....
Births
- July 9 – Ejnar NielsenEjnar NielsenEjnar Nielsen was a Danish painter and illustrator, who was a central proponant of Symbolist painting in Danish art. He is also known for his large mosaic on Stærekassen, an extension to the Royal Danish Theatre on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen...
, painter and illustrator (died 19561956 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Frederik IX* Prime minister – H. C. Hansen-Births:* September 30 – Frank Arnesen, football player, director* November 29 – Lene Tranberg, architect...
) - April 7 – Alhed LarsenAlhed LarsenAlhed Maria Larsen née Warberg , the wife of Johannes Larsen, was one of the Fynboerne or "Funen Artists" who lived and worked on the Danish island of Funen.-Biography:...
, painter (died 19271927 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thomas Madsen-Mygdal-Deaths:* February 19 - Georg Brandes, critic and scholar * June 28 – Otto Bache, painter * August 31 – Alhed Larsen, painter...
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Deaths
- January 15 – Ludvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-ErichsenLudvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two...
, arctic explorer (died 19071907 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Frederick VIII* Prime minister - J. C. Christensen-Births:* July 4 - Henning Holck-Larsen, engineer, co-founder of Indian engineering company Larsen & Toubro * November 4 - Henry Heerup, painter, sculptor...
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