1883 in Denmark

Events from the year 1883 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 11 October – The Russian tsar family departs from Copenhagen.

Undated

 * Emil Christian Hansen from Carlsberg develops a method for propagating pure yeast which revolutionises the brewing industry. The yeast is named Saccharomyces Carlsbergensis after the brewery.

Births

 * 3 February – Aksel Jørgensen, painter and wood engraver (d. 1957)
 * 11 February – Paul von Klenau, composer and conductor (d. 1946)
 * 19 August – Emilius Bangert, composer and organist (d. 1962)
 * 8 October – Otto Andrup, museum director (doed 1953)

April–June

 * 2 May — Christian Hansen, architect (b. 1803)
 * 4 May — Thorald Brendstrup, painter (b. 1812)

July–September

 * 25 July — Jens Adolf Jerichau, painter (b. 1816)

October–December

 * 8 October – Hans Nielsen Jeppesen, businessman (born 1815)
 * 24 December – Camillus Nyrop, instrument maker (born 1811)