1894 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian IX
• Prime minister - J. B. S. Estrup, Tage Reedtz-Thott

  Events

• 19 May - Danish Authors' Society is founded in Copenhagen.
• 28 July
• *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.
• 19 August - Frederick's Church to its final design by Ferdinald Meldahl, almost 25+ years after its construction was first started by Nicolai Eigtved.
• 9 November - 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

• 1 May - Carl Petersen, politician
• 2 May - Ellen Gottschalch, actress
• 10 July - Knud Heglund, actor
• 14 July - Osvald Helmuth, actor and singer
• 9 September - Poul Henningsen, writer, architect and designer

  Deaths

• 7 July - Adolph Hannover, physician