1889 in Denmark

Events from the year 1889 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 6 January – the Faroese Society is formed.
 * 26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded.
 * 9 May – the Edouard Suenson Memorial is inaugurated on Store Kongensgade.
 * 18 May – the Danish Football Association is established.

Undated
 * Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks.
 * Kvindevalgretsforeningen is established by Line Luplau to promote women's suffrage.
 * The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen.

January–March

 * 11 January – Niels Peter Holbech, painter (died 1804)
 * 3 February – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director (died 1968)

April–June

 * 16 May – Maria Garland, actor (died 1967)
 * 29 May – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (died 1942)
 * 30 May – Anker Engelund, engineer and university professor (died 1861)

July–September

 * 30 August – Bodil Ipsen, actress (died 1964)
 * 4 September – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (died 1983)

October–December

 * 13 October – Margrete Drejer, textile artist (died 1975)
 * 17 November – Axel Saltom ceramist (died 1961)
 * 21 November – Niels Larsen, sport shooter (died 1969)

Deaths

 * 9 May – William Hammer, painter (born 1821)
 * 2 May – Edward Tesdorpf, landowner (born 1817)
 * 17 July – Auguste Sophie Friederike, princess of Hesse-Kassel (born 1823)
 * 28 November – Erling Eckersberg, engraver (born 1808)