Timeline of women in Denmark

This is a timeline of women in Denmark, noting important events in Danish women's history.´

Timeline[]

14th century[]

10 August 1387 –Margaret I of Denmark becomes the first woman to rule Denmark as a monarch: the first woman to rule Denmark was Margaret Sambiria as a regent in 1259.

17th century[]

27 December 1675 – Abel Cathrines Stiftelse is founded by Abel Cathrine von der Wisch.

19th century[]

24 February 1871 – The Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund) is founded by Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer.
1 October 1872 – Kvindelig Læseforening is founded at the initiative of Sophie Petersen (née Alberti).^[1]
1875 – The University of Copenhagen is opened to women students.
1885 –Nielsine Nielsen becomes the first woman with a medical degree in Demark.^[2]
1988 – The first women are accepted as students at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
1890 – The Women's Council of Denmark is established.
1895 – The Nordic Women's Exhibition (Kvindernes Udstilling fra Fortid og Nutid) takes place in Copenhagen.

20th century[]

1915 Danish Women's March

Line luplau seen in the foreground on her daughter Marie Luplau's large group portrait painting From the Early Days of the Fight for Women's Suffrage (1897).

15 May – The Danish Housewives Association is founded.
1918: Four Danish women are elected to the Folketing: Karen Ankersted, Mathilde Malling Hauschultz, Helga Larsen and Elna Munch
1924 – Nina Bang becomes the first female minister in an internationally recognized government when she is appointed Minister for Education.
1964 – KVINFO is founded.
1970 – The Danish Red Stocking Movement is established.

21st century[]

3 October 2011 – Helle Thorning-Schmidt becomes the first woman Prime minister of Denmark
30 September 2016 – Lone Træholt of the Royal Danish Air Force becomes Denmark's first woman general.^[3]
11 September 2017 - Jette Albinus becomes the first woman in the Royal Danish Army to hold the rank of general.^[4]

References[]

^ "Kvindelig Læseforening var det største skønlitterære bibliotek i Norden". Berlingske. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ "Nielsine Nielsen". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Lone Træholt er Danmarks første kvindelige general n". Forsvaret. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Hæren har fået sin første kvindelige general" (in Danish). TV2. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[1] "Kvindelig Læseforening var det største skønlitterære bibliotek i Norden". Berlingske. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

[2] "Nielsine Nielsen". denstoredanske.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[3] "Lone Træholt er Danmarks første kvindelige general n". Forsvaret. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[4] "Hæren har fået sin første kvindelige general" (in Danish). TV2. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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