1654 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick III[1]
- Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff
Events
- 12 August – Total solar eclipse across large parts of Jutland, Funen and Zealand.[2]
- 1 October – Formal diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom begins: The United Kingdom opens an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in London.
- Undated
- John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen presents Frederick III with a collection of works by Albert Eckhout from Brazil, comprising eight full-length portraits of local people of varying ethnicity, 12 still lifes of local produce and vegetation and three portraits.[3]
Births
- 28 March – Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress (died 1719)
- 5 June – Hans Munch, theologian and priest, bishop of Christianssand and of Christiania (died 1712).[4]
- 8 April – Peder Krog, bishop (died 1731 in Norway)
