1870 in Denmark

Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	Other events of 1870; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1870 in Denmark.

Incumbents

17 May – The turreted ironclad Gorm is launched from the Naval Dockyard in Copenhagen.^[2]
28 May – Prime Minister C. E. Frijs resigns, and is replaced by Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg.
26 September – Prince Christian, the future King Christian X, is born to Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Louise.
September/October – The literary fairy tale "The Most Incredible Thing", by poet and author Hans Christian Andersen, is published in the United States and Denmark.^[3]
4 October – The railway line South Line (Sydbanen), between Roskilde and Vordingborg by way of Køge and Næstved, is opened.
2 November – The Vestre Cemetery in Copenhagen is opened.^[4]

7 January – Anna Syberg, painter, one of the "Funen Painters" (died 1914)
15 January – Johan Peter Koch, captain and arctic explorer (died 1928)
18 February
- August Busck, Danish-American entomologist and author of works on microlepidoptera (died 1944)
- Thorvald Madsen, physician and bacteriologist (died 1957)
9 April
- Arild Rosenkrantz, nobleman, painter, sculptor, stained-glass artist and illustrator (died 1964)
- Albrecht Schmidt, film actor (died 1945)
24 July – Holger Damgaard, Denmark's first press photographer (died 1945)
25 July – Peter Rochegune Munch, historian and politician, served in three governments between 1909 and 1940 (died 1948)
28 July – Michael Agerskov, spiritualist teacher and author (died 1933)
3 August – Peter Jörgensen, entomologist and teacher, active in Argentina and Paraguay (died 1937)
26 September – Prince Christian, the future King Christian X (died 1947)^[8]
16 October – Helge Rode, writer, critic and journalist (died 1937)
25 November – Petrine Sonne, stage and film actress (died 1946)
18 December – Anders Randolf, Danish-American actor during the silent film era (died 1930)

27 January – Johannes Flintoe, painter of landscapes and scenes from Scandinavian history (born 1787)
25 February – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (born 1797)
6 April – Christen Mikkelsen Kold, teacher who founded a school in Ryslinge, which later became a model for the Danish folk high-school system (born 1816)
13 April – Mathias Lüttichau, Danish Minister of War (born 1795)
29 April – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian (Denmark's first) and critic (born 1798)
29 May – Emil Horneman, composer and art and music tradesman (born 1809)
13 July – Christian Albrecht Jensen, portrait painter during the Danish Golden Age (born 1792)
28 August – Søren Hjorth, railway pioneer and inventor (born 1801)
13 September – Orla Lehmann, statesman and key figure in the development of Denmark's parliamentary government (born 1810)
14 November – Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, zoologist and zoology teacher and textbook author (born 1799)
30 November – Poul Pagh, merchant and shipowner (born 1796)
5 December – Herman Severin Løvenskiold (born 1815)

^ "Christian IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
^ Balsved, Johnny E. "Gorm (1871–1912)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^ "Hans Christian Andersen : The Most Incredible Thing". Hans Christian Andersen Center. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
^ "Vestre Kirkegård" (in Danish). Københavns Kommune. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Rosenfeldt" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
^ "Sundby Kirke (København)" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "1870: Venstre dannes" (in Danish). Venstre. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Christian X | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 17 June 2019.