1917 in Denmark

Template:Short description Template:Year in Denmark Events from the year 1917 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Carl Theodor Zahle

Events

Undated

• Sovereignty of the Danish West Indies was officially transferred from Denmark to the United States, after the Treaty of the Danish West Indies was ratified.

Sports

• 26 April Template:Ndash Silkeborg IF is founded.

Date unknown

• Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the 1916–17 Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Akademisk Boldklub 6Template:Ndash2 in the final.

Births

• 14 June – Lise Nørgaard, writer (died 2023)
• 18 June – Erik Ortvad, painter and illustrator (died 2008)
• 4 October Template:Ndash Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (died 1982)
• 28 October Template:Ndash Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (died 2003)
• 27 November – Arne Sørensen, footballer (died 1977)

Deaths

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• 4 January Template:Ndash Carl Ludwig Jessen, painter (born 1833)
• 30 January Template:Ndash Gerhard Faye, factory manager (born 1846)
• 26 February Template:Ndash Hanna Hoffmann, sculptor and silversmith (born 1858)

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• 5 May – Hans Smidth, painter (born 1839)
• 14 June – Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, politician (born 1844)
• 22 June Template:Ndash Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (born 1843)

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• 30 August Template:Ndash Otto Haslund, painter (born 1842)

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• 27 November Template:Ndash Christian Christiansen, physicist (born 1843)
• 21 December Template:Ndash Peter Gottfred Ramm, military officer, landowner and company founder (born 1834)