{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Year in Denmark|1902}} Events from the year 1902 '''in Denmark'''.
==Incumbents== * Monarch – Christian IX<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian IX: king of Denmark |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IX |access-date=17 June 2019 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> * Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer
==Events==
* 16 January – The underground toilets at Amagertorv in Copenhagen opens.<ref name="Selskabet for Københavns Historie">{{cite web|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1902.html|title=1902|publisher=Selskabet for Københavns Historie|access-date=2010-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301062133/http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/bog/khsd/1900/1902.html|archive-date=1 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 12 May – The first telegram sent by wireless telegraphy is received in Copenhagen.<ref name="Selskabet for Københavns Historie"/> * 18 July – The public sea bath at Kalvebod Brygge in Copenhagen is inaugurated.<ref name="Selskabet for Københavns Historie"/> * 9 September – Statens Serum Institut is inaugurated.<ref name="Selskabet for Københavns Historie"/> * 19 September – A Landsting election is held<ref name=Bang>{{cite book|last=Bang|first=Im.|author2=Elberling, Vilhelm|title=Rigsdagsvalgene 1895-1910 - En historisk-statistisk oversigt|year=1911|publisher=Engelsen & Schrøder|location=Copenhagen|language=da|pages=17, 43}}</ref> with the exception that the Faroese candidate was elected on 6 August.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nordengaard|first=J. P.|title=Valgene til Rigsdagen gennem 100 Aar|year=1949|publisher=Roskilde Dagbladstrykkeri|language=da|pages=282}}</ref>
===Undated=== * First road regulations in Copenhagen are introduced: The maximum speed allowed is 11.5 km/h, 7.5 km/h in dense traffic.<ref name="Selskabet for Københavns Historie"/>
==Culture==
===Music=== * Carl Nielsen's opera ''Saul og David'' premieres at the Royal Danish Theatre.
==Sports== * 22 June {{ndash}} Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint at the 1902 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
==Births== ===January{{ndash}}March=== * 11 February – Arne Jacobsen, architect and designer (died 1971) * 23 February {{ndash}} Flemming Lassen, architect and designer (died 1984) * 16 March {{ndash}} Henry Hansen, cyclist (died 1985)
===April{{ndash}}June=== * 28 May {{ndash}} Thyge Petersen, boxer (died 1964) * 1 June {{ndash}} Thorvald Hagedorn-Olsen, painter (died 1996)
===July{{ndash}}September=== * 6 August {{ndash}} Ole Ring, painter (died 1972)
===October{{ndash}}December=== * 23 October – Ib Schønberg, actor (died 1955) * 20 November {{ndash}} Erik Eriksen, politician (died 1972) * 11 December {{ndash}} Helga Foght, textile artist (died 1974)
==Deaths== * 15 February {{ndash}} Viggo Hørup, politician (born 1841) * 24 February – Valdemar Koch, architect (born 1852) * 7 March – Ida Marie Bille, court member (born 1822) * 11 April – Johan Daniel Herholdt, architect (born 1818) * 12 April {{ndash}} Herman Amberg, musician and composer (born 1834) * 16 April {{mdash}} Carl Baagøe, painter (born 1829) * 10 December {{ndash}} Harald Hansen, businessman (died 1835) * 5 December – Carl Simonsen, printmaker (born 1828)
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