1855 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister â Peter Georg Bang
Events
- 8 January â Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established.[2]
- 31 October â Gads Forlag is founded by Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad.
- 18 November â Sødring & Co. is founded by Christopher Hansen Sødring and Frederik Marchus, Count Knuth til Knuthenborg.
- 27 September â A vote in Folketinget concerning the so-called fællesforfatning.
Culture
Literature
- 27 November â Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 17 January â Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1932)
- 14 February â Christian Bohrm physician (died 1911)
- 20 February â Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (died 1928)
- 22 March â Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (died 1938)
JulyâSeptember
- 9 July â Sara Ulrik, flower painter (died 1916)
- 29 August â Erik Henningsen, painter (died 1930)
- 20 September â Carl Gammeltoft, businessman (died 1034),
OctoberâDecember
- 16 October â Carl Andreas Koefoed, agronomist (died 1948)
- 12 October â Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (died 1940)[3]
- 20 October â Poul Simon Christiansen, painter and church decorator (died 1933)
Deaths
- 8 March â Stephan Hegerm actor (born 1769)
- 11 November â Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher (born 1813)
- 25 November â Poul Christian Stemann, government official and landowner (born 1764)