1903 in Denmark

Events from the year 1903 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IX
 * Prime minister – Johan Henrik Deuntzer

Events

 * January – 1903 Danish local elections are held.
 * 2 March – A Social Democrat is elected as lord mayor in Copenhagen for the first time.
 * 18 April – The local government of Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies issues a provisional Ordinance concerning measures against Glanders in St. Croix
 * 16 June – The 1903 Danish Folketing election is held.

Undated

 * The Christmas Stamp Foundation is established.
 * The new Frederiksberg Hospital is inaugurated.
 * The cakewalk reaches Copenhagen.
 * Motor ferries start to operate in the Port of Copenhagen.

Sports

 * 2 May – Boldklubben 1903 is founded.
 * 16–22 August – The 1903 UCI Track Cycling World Championships are held in Copenhagen.
 * Thorvald Ellegaard wins gold in men's sprint for the third year in a row.

Births

 * 10 January – Jens August Schade, poet (died 1978)
 * 21 April – Hans Hedtoft, politician, former prime minister (died 1955)
 * 23 June – Hans Christian Branner, writer (died 1966)
 * 30 July – Anna Borg, Danish-Icelandic actress (died 1963)
 * 28 November – Willy Gervin, cyclist (died 1951)

Deaths

 * 11 May – Vilhelm Kyhn, painter and educator (born 1819)
 * 3 May – Louise Nimb, restaurateur (born 1842)
 * 12 October – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (born 1843)
 * 11 December – Heinrich Tønnies, photographer (born 1825)