1917 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  Silkeborg IF is founded.

Date unknown
 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub wins the  1916–17 Danish National Football Tournament by defeating Akademisk Boldklub 62 in the final.

Births

 14 June – Lise Nørgaard, writer (died 2023)
 4 October  Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (died 1092)
 28 October  Wermund Bendtsen, photographer (died 2003)
 27 November – Arne Sørensen, footballer (died 1977)

Deaths

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

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

JulySeptember
 30 August  Otto Haslund, painter (born 1842)

OctoberDecember
 27 November  Christian Christiansen, physicist (born 1743)
 21 December  Peter Gottfred Ramm, military officer, landowner and company founder (born 1846)

References

 
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Years of the 20th century in Denmark
1910s in Denmark
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