1896 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian IX
• Prime minister - Tage Reedtz-Thott

  Events

• 25 January – Børsen, then as a four pages weekly newspaper, is published for the first time.
• 18 April - Frants Hvass, diplomat
• 1 October – The newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad is published for the first time.
• 14 December – A treaty between Denmark and Portugal is signed, establishing diplomatic relations.

  Undated

• The first registered herd of Danish Landrace pigs is established.

  Sports

• 6–15 April – Denmark wins 1 gold medal, two silver medals and three bronze medals at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
• *7 April – Viggo Jensen wins a gold medal in Men's two hand lift and a bronze medal in Men's one hand lift wrestling.
• *0 April – Holger Nielsen wins a bronze medal in Men's sabre fencing.
• *11 April Holger Nielsen wins a silver medal in Men's 30 metre free pistol and a bronze medal in Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol.
• * 12 April – Viggo Jensen wins a bronze medal in Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions.
• 14–15 August – The 1896 ICA Track Cycling World Championships takes place in Copenahgen.

  Births

• 5 January – Eyvind Johan-Svendsen, stage and film actor
• 24 January – Johannes Theodor Suhr, Roman Catholic bishop
• 7 February – Christian Thomas, gymnast
• 4 March – Kai Holm, actor
• 8 April – Einar Juhl, film actor
• 11 June – Julius Bomholt, politician
• 12 August – Ejner Federspiel, actor
• 31 August – Henning Haslund-Christensen, travel writer and anthropologist
• 20 September – Fleming Lynge, screenwriter
• 30 October – Carl Erik Soya, author and dramatist

  Deaths

• 8 January – Carl Adolph Feilberg, businessman
• 8 June – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant
• 19 August– Julius Lange, art historian