1889 in Denmark
Events from the year 1889 in Denmark. Incumbents
 Monarch – Christian IX
 Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events
 6 January – the Faroese Society is formed. 26 February – Akademisk Boldklub is founded. 9 May – the Edouard Suenson Memorial is inaugurated on Store Kongensgade. 18 May – the Danish Football Association is established. Undated
 Langelandsgade Kaserne is completed and opens as a military barracks. Kvindevalgretsforeningen is established by Line Luplau to promote women's suffrage. The company Dampskibsselskabet Torm is established by Ditlev Torm and Christian Schmiegelow in Copenhagen. Births

JanuaryMarch
 11 January  Niels Peter Holbech, painter (died 1804)
 3 February – Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director (died 1968)

AprilJune
 16 May – Maria Garland, actor (died 1967)
 29 May – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (died 1942)
 30 May – Anker Engelund, engineer and university professor (died 1861)

JulySeptember
 30 August – Bodil Ipsen, actress (died 1964)
 4 September – Aage Rasmussen, photographer and track and field athlete (died 1983)

OctoberDecember
 13 October  Margrete Drejer, textile artist (died 1975)
 17 November  Axel Saltom ceramist (died 1961)
 21 November  Niels Larsen, sport shooter (died 1969)

Deaths
 9 May  William Hammer, painter (born 1821)
  2 May – Edward Tesdorpf, landowner (born 1817)
  17 July – Auguste Sophie Friederike, princess of Hesse-Kassel (born 1823)
 28 November – Erling Eckersberg, engraver (born 1808)

References

 
1880s in Denmark
Denmark
Years of the 19th century in Denmark