1879 in Denmark

• Monarch – Christian IX • Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup ==Events==

Undated • The Danish Photographers Association is founded as the first organization for professional photographers in the world. • The Thingvalla Line is founded. • The Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed is founded. • Prince Valdemar visits St. Croix in the Danish West Indies. ==Culture==

Theatre • 21 December Henrik Ibsen's ''A Doll's House'' receives its world premiere at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, with Betty Hennings as Nora, Emil Poulsen as Torvald, and Peter Jerndorff as Dr. Rank. ==Births==

JanuaryMarch • 5 March Søren Marinus Jensenm wrestler (died 1965) • 11 March Kristian Hansen Kofoed, politician (died 1951) AprilJune • 16 June – Sigurd Swane, painter (died 1973) OctoberDecember • 18 November Edvard Weie, painter (died 1943) • 28 November Viggo Jarl, sculptor (died 1965) • 29 November – Jacob Gade, violinist and composer (died 1963) ==Deaths==

. . JanuaryMarch • 24 January – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (born 1818) AprilJune • 6 May Louis Aumont, painter (born 1805) • 5 June – Kristian Mantzius, actor (born 1819) JulySeptember OctoberDecember • 3 October Peter Gemzøe, painter and lithographer (born 1811) • 26 October Andreas Aagesen, jurist (born 1826) • 30 November – August Bournonville, ballet master and choreographer (born 1805) ==References==