← 1878 1877 1876 1879 in Denmark → 1880 1881 1882
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1879 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1879 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Undated

• The Danish Photographers Association is founded as the first organization for professional photographers in the world.^[2]
• The Thingvalla Line is founded.
• The Foreningen imod Lovbeskyttelse for Usædelighed is founded.
• Prince Valdemar visits St. Croix in the Danish West Indies.

Culture

Theatre

• 21 December – Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House premieres at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.

Births

January–March

• 5 March – Søren Marinus Jensenm wrestler (died 1965)
• 11 March – Kristian Hansen Kofoed, politician (died 1951)

April–June

• 16 June – Sigurd Swane, painter (died 1973)

October–December

• 18 November – Edvard Weie, painter (died 1943)
• 29 November – Jacob Gade, violinist and composer (died 1963)

Deaths

January–March

• 24 January – Carl Frederik Sørensen, marine painter (born 1818)

April–June

• 6 May – Louis Aumont, painter (born 1805)
• 5 June – Kristian Mantzius, actor (born 1879)

July–September

• 5 August – Andreas Aagesen, jurist (died 1826)

October–December

• 30 November – August Bournonville, ballet master and choreographer (born 1805)