1655 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick III[1]
- Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff
Events
Undated
- Paul Kurtz comes to Denmark from Germany where he later becomes Goldsmith to the Danish-Norwegian Court
Culture
Art
- Abel Schrøder completes an elaborately carved Cartilage Baroque-style altarpiece for Vester Egesborg Church in Næstved.
Abel Schrøder's altarpiece in Vester Egesborg Church.
Births
- 6 March – Frederik Krag, civil servant (died 1728)
- 7 July – Axel Juel, governor of Danish India (died 1720)
- 10 September – Caspar Bartholin the Younger, anatomist (died 1738)
- 1 December – Bendix Grodtschilling the Younger, painter (died 1707)
Deaths
- 9 February – Caspar Fincke, court smith (born 1584)
- 9 June – Laurids Mortensen Scavenius, clergyman (born 1599)
- 31 August – Ole Worm, physician and antiquary (born 1588)
Full date missing
- Poul Hansen Korsør, colonial administrator