← 1879 1878 1877 1880 in Denmark → 1881 1882 1883
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1880 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1880 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 16 April – The Vega Expedition calls at Copenhagen.
• 18 April – A banquet is held for Nordenskiöld and the other members of the Vega Expedition in the Great Hall of Børsen in Copenhagen.

Undated

Sports

• 26 September – Aarhus Gymnastikforening is founded.

Births

• 22 October – Julius Paulsen, painter (died 1940)

Deaths

• 29 March – Constantin Hansen, painter (born 1804 in Denmark)
• 6 April – Louise Westergaard, pedagogue and educator (born 1826)
• 17 May– Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, lawyer, landowner and politician (born 1817)