1855 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang

Events

• 8 January Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established.

• 31 October Gads Forlag is founded by Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad.
• 18 November Sødring & Co. is founded by Christopher Hansen Sødring and Frederik Marchus, Count Knuth til Knuthenborg.
• 27 September A vote in Folketinget concerning the so-called fællesforfatning.

Culture

Literature

• 27 November Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.

Births

January{{ndash}}March

• 17 January Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1932)
• 14 February Christian Bohrm physician (died 1911)
• 20 February Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (died 1928)
• 22 March – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (died 1938)

July{{ndash}}September

• 9 July – Sara Ulrik, flower painter (died 1916)
• 29 August Erik Henningsen, painter (died 1930)

October{{ndash}}December

• 16 October – Carl Andreas Koefoed, agronomist (died 1948)
• 12 October – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (died 1940)
• 20 October – Poul Simon Christiansen, painter and church decorator (died 1933)

Deaths

• 8 March – Stephan Hegerm actor (born 1769)
• 11 November – Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher (born 1813)

References

References

1. "Frederick VII {{!}} king of Denmark".
2. "Sparekassen for Vordingborg Og Omegn".
3. (15 May 2003). "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie".