1904 in Denmark

Events from the year 1904 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 12 February – Politikens Ekstrablad is published for the first time.
 * 7 August – The inauguration of Ribe Cathedral.
 * 27 August – The inauguration of Odense Canal in Odense is attended by the king.
 * 17 September – The first Danish cinema, Kosmorama at Østerbrogade in Copenhagen, opens.

Undated

 * April – The fingerprint technique is adopted by the Copenhagen Police Force.
 * The electrified tramway is extended from Tuborg to Klampenborg.
 * The first vacuum cleaners arrive in the country.

Sports

 * 21 August – Fremad Valby is founded.
 * 10 September – Thorvald Ellegaard wins silver in men's sprint at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Births

 * 26 March – Leck Fischer, writer and playwright (died 1956)
 * 5 May – Frederik Marcus Knuth (taxonomist) and count of Knuthenborg (died 1970)
 * 25 June – Poul Sørensen, politician (died 1969)

Deaths

 * 24 September – Niels Ryberg Finsen (born 1860, in the Faroe Islands)
 * 6 December – Johan Bartholdy, composer (born 1853)