1886 in Denmark

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

arriving at Amalienborg Palace • 14 April • HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen. • Ringkøbing Landbobank is founded. • 20 April FDB is founded. • 17 August – King Luís I of Portugal is received at Amalienborg Palace during his visit to Denmark. Undated • The Circus Building in Copenhagen is completed. ==Culture==

• The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Viggo Johansen for the painting Evening talk. ==Sports==

• 17 July Boldklubben Frem is founded. ==Births==

JanuaryMarch • 17 January Johan Ankerstjerne, cinematographer (died 1959) • 26 January • Johannes Bjerg, sculptor (died 1955) • Kræsten Iversen, artist (died 1955) • 17 February Ole Falkentorp, architect (died 1948) • 20 February Peter Freuchen, arctic explorer and writer (died 1957) AprilJune • 26 April – Olaf Rude, painter (died 1957) • 1 May Ville Jais Nielsen, painter and sculptor (died 1949) • 12 May Kay Nielsen, illustrator (died 1957 in the United States) • 16 May Peter L. Jensen, engineer and inventor (died 1961 in the United States) • 17 May Oscar Gundlach-Pedersen, architect (died 1960) • 19 May • Sigurd Kielland Brandt, painter (died 1964) • Øjvind Winge, biologist (died 1954) • 30 June – Launy Grøndahl, composer and conductor (died 1960) JulySeptember • 12 July Jean Hersholt, actor (died 1956 in the United States) • 15 August Kay Bojesen, designer (died 1958) • 13 September Ellen Dahl, writer (died 1959) • 29 September Emilie Sannom, silent film actress and aerial acrobat (died 1931) OctoberDecember • 12 October Gustav Weinreich, woodcarver and furniture maker (died 1980) • 30 October William Scharff, painter (died 1959) • 16 December Ingeborg Pehrson, asctress (died 1950) ==Deaths==

. • 14 January Anders Peter Westenholz, businessman and consul-general (born 1825) • 30 April Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (born 1811) • 15 October Vilhelm Christian Holm, composer (born 1820) • 12 December – Johan Nicolai Madvig, philologist and politician (born 1804) ==References==