Events from the year 1890 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IX Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events 21 January – Folketing election
Culture The Thorvaldsen Exhibition Medal is awarded to Georg Achen for the painting ]Johanne Achen. The Artist's Mother.
Sports Roskilde Roklub is founded.
Births JanuaryMarch 17 February Harald Hansen, painter (died 1967) 20 March Lauritz Melchior, singer (died 1973)
AprilJune 7 April – Paul Berth, footballer (died 1969) 21 April Aage Rafn, architect (died 1953) 12 June – Karl Jørgensen, actor (died 1956) 21 June Andreas Friis, painter (died 1983)
JulySeptember 20 July Julie Vinter Hansen, astronomer (died 1960) 13 August Ellen Osiier, fencer (died 1962) 22 August Herman Ipsen Lund, boat builder and designer (died 1981)
OctoberDecember 1 November – Henry Nielsen, actor (died 1967) 8 November – Prince Erik, Count of Rosenborg (died 1950)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 2 January Henrik Olrik, painter (born 1830) 22 February Carl Bloch, painter (born 1834) 2 March Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff, goldsmith and industrialist (born 1800)
JulySeptember 24 July Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner (born 1811) 10 July Heinrich Hansen, painter (born 1821) 24 September Rasmus Malling-Hansen, inventor, Lutheran minister and educator (born 1835)
OctoberDecember 16 November Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (born 1817) 22 November – Johanne Luise Heiberg, actress (born 1812) 21 December – Niels Gade, composer (born 1817)
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