1888 in Denmark

Events from the year 1888 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Undated

 * The Nordic Exhibition of 1888 took place in Copenhagen.

Music

 * 5 February – First public performance of Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 1 in the smaller hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion in Copenhagen.

January–March

 * 6 March – Hans Christian Hagedorn, pharmachologist and Novo Nordisk co-founder (died 1971)
 * 9 March – Ernestine Nyrop, textile artist (died 1975)
 * 15 March – Sophus Nielsen, footballer (died 1963)
 * 30 March – Einar Utzon-Frank, sculptor (died 1955)

April–June

 * 26 April – Olaf Henriksen, Major League baseball player (died 1962)

July–September

 * 15 July – Svend Bille, actor (died 1973)
 * 28 July – Adam Fischer, sculptor (died 1968)
 * 12 August – Prince Axel of Denmark (died 1964)

October–December

 * 13 December – A. J. Iversen, cabinetmaker and furniture designer (died 1979)
 * 15 December – Kaare Klint, architect (died 1954)
 * 16 December – Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Olympic athlete (died 1965)

Deaths

 * 29 February – Wilhelm Sponneck, nobleman and politician, Danish finance minister (born 1815)
 * 8 August – Jørgen Roed, painter (born 1808)
 * 14 August – Carl Christian Hall, politician, Danish prime minister (born 1812)