1881 in Denmark

Events from the year 1881 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IX
 * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

 * 24 May – the May 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
 * 26 July – the July 1881 Danish Folketing election is held.
 * 1 October – the Herning–Skjern section of the Skanderborg–Skjern railway line opens.
 * 1 September – Rysensteen Gymnasium is established in Copenhagen.
 * 21 September – the Statue of Niels Juel, created by the sculptor Theobald Stein, is unveiled in 1881 at Holmens Kanal.

Undated
 * The Neye luggage company is established in Copenhagen.
 * Danish Distillers open in Aalborg.

Births

 * 6 July – Nancy Dalberg, composer (died 1949)
 * 11 September – Asta Nielsen, actress (died 1972)
 * 6 October – Vilhelm Buhl, politician (died 1954)

Deaths

 * 9 March – Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Queen of Denmark (born 1796)
 * 31 March – Princess Caroline of Denmark (born 1793)
 * 21 June – Emil Normann, painter (born 1798)
 * 20 September – Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator (Born 1811)
 * 24 September – Petrine Fredstrup, ballet dancer (born 1827)