1897 in Denmark

Events from the year 1897 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IX
 * Prime minister – Tage Reedtz-Thott (until 23 May), Hugo Egmont Hørring

Events

 * 29 May – St. Luke's Church in Frederiksberg is consecrated as the first new church to be built to relieve the pressure on Frederiksberg Church in the fast-growing Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen.
 * 11 June &mdash; 1897 Gentofte train crash
 * 7 August &mdash; Cabinet of Hørring is formed by Hugo Egmont Hørring of the conservative party Højre after Tage Reedtz-Thott's resignation as Council President,

Sports

 * 12 June – Aarhus Fremad is founded.
 * 30 July – 2 August – Edwin Schraeder wins a gold medal in men's sprint at the amateur event of the 1897 ICA Track Cycling World Championships.

January–March

 * February – Erling Foss, engineer, businessman (died 1982)

April–June

 * 19 May – Wiwen Nilsson, silversmith (died 1974 in Sweden)

July–September

 * 29 August – Helge Rosvaenge, singer (died 1972)

October–December

 * 29 October – Sigurd Langberg, actor (died 1954)
 * 9 November – Arthur Jensen, actor (died 1981)
 * 31 December – Liva Weel, actress (died 1952)

Deaths

 * 11 February – Christen Dalsgaard, painter (born 1824)
 * 30 April – Carsten Henrichsen, painter (born 1824)
 * 20 June – Johannes Steenstrup, natural scientist (born 1813)
 * 30 September – Peter Nielsen, botanist (born 1829)