{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Year in Denmark|1898}} Events from the year '''1898 in Denmark'''.
==Incumbents== * Monarch – Christian IX<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian IX {{!}} king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref> * Prime minister – Hugo Egmont Hørring
==Events== ===April=== * 5 April {{ndash}} The 1898 Danish Folketing election is held.
===May=== * 1 May {{ndash}} The Slagelse-Verslev Railway opens on western Zealand.
===August=== * 1 August {{ndash}} The United Copenhagen Tramways is founded in Copenhagen.
===September=== * 21 September {{ndash}} The 1898 Danish Landsting election is held.
===Undated=== * Kirkeligt Samfund af 1898 is founded by right-leaning Grundtvigians in opposition to Indre Mission as well as left-leaning Grundtvigians. * The Western Power Station is inaugurated in Copenhagen. * The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions is established with Jens Jensen as its first president. * Kjøbenhavns Grundejeres Renholdningsselskab is founded.
==Sports== * Unknown date {{ndash}} Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1897–98 Football Tournament. * Randers Sportsklub Freja us founded in Tanders. * Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 is founded.
==Publications== * Henrik Pontoppidan's ''Lykke–Per vol. I'' (''Lucky Per'', 2010)
==Births== ===January{{ndash}}March=== * 11 January – Hans Kirk, author (d. 1962) * 13 January – Kaj Munk, playwright and Lutheran priest (d. 1944) * 9 February – Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect and writer (d. 1990) * 2 March – Mogens Koch, architect and designer (d. 1992)
===April{{ndash}}June=== * 15 April – Flemming Weis, composer (died 1981) * 17 May – Carl Hansen, footballer (d. 1978)
===July{{ndash}}September=== * 21 September – The 1898 Danish Landsting election is held.
===October{{ndash}}December=== * 29 October – Gudrun Bjørner, politician (d. 1959) * 31 October – C. F. Møller, architect (d. 1988) * 17 November – Frederik Winkel Horn, historian and translator (born 1845) * 7 December – Leif B. Hendil, journalist active in the Rescue of the Danish Jews during World War II (died 1961)
==Deaths== ===January{{ndash}}March=== * 17 March {{ndash}} Hansine Andræ, feminist (born 1817)
===April{{ndash}}June=== * 3 April {{ndash}} Johan Lange, botanist (born 1848)
===July{{ndash}}September=== * 15 August – Arent Nicolai Dragsted, goldsmith (born 1821) * 18 July – Emil Hartmann, composer (born 1836) * 29 September – Louise of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Christian IX (b. 1863)
===October{{ndash}}December=== * 20 October {{ndash}} Severine Casse, women's rights activist (born 1805)
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