1897 in Denmark

← 1896 1895 1894 1897 in Denmark → 1898 1899 1900
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1897 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1897 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX
• Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott (until 23 May), Hugo Egmont Hørring

Events

• May 29 – St. Luke's Church in Frederiksberg is consecrated as the first new church to be built to relieve the pressure on Frederiksberg Church in the fast-qrowing Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen.
• June 11 — 1897 Gentofte train crash
• August 7 — Cabinet of Hørring is formed by Hugo Egmont Hørring of the conservative party Højre after Tage Reedtz-Thott's resignation as Council President,

Births

• February – Erling Foss, engineer, businessman (died 1982)
• August 29 – Helge Rosvaenge, singer (died 1972)
• October 29 – Sigurd Langberg, actor (died 1954)
• November 9 – Arthur Jensen, actor (died 1981)
• December 31 – Liva Weel, actress (died 1952)

Deaths

• 11 February – Christen Dalsgaard, painter (b. 1824)
• 30 April – Carsten Henrichsen, painter (born 1824)
• 20 June – Johannes Steenstrup, natural scientist (born 1813)