1855 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1855}}
Events from the year 1855 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 8 January {{ndash}} Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established.{{cite web|url=https://www.coneliand.dk/Danmarks%20aeldste%20forretninger/DAEF%20500-599/Side_566_Spar_-_Sped.html|title=Sparekassen for Vordingborg Og Omegn|language=Danish|website=coneliand.dk|accessdate=27 March 2018}}
- 31 October {{ndash}} Gads Forlag is founded by Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad.
- 18 November {{ndash}} Sødring & Co. is founded by Christopher Hansen Sødring and Frederik Marchus, Count Knuth til Knuthenborg.
- 27 September {{ndash}} A vote in Folketinget concerning the so-called fællesforfatning.
Culture
=Literature=
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- 27 November {{ndash}} Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.
Births
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- 17 January {{ndash}} Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1922)
- 14 February {{ndash}} Christian Bohrm physician (died 1911)
- 20 February {{ndash}} 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)
- 11 August {{ndash}} Erik Henningsen, painter (died 1839)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 16 October – Carl Andreas Koefoed, agronomist (died 1948)
- 12 October – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (died 1940){{cite web |title=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie |url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1129/ |website=www.kvinfo.dk |access-date=3 December 2019 |date=15 May 2003}}
- 20 October – Poul Simon Christiansen, painter and church decorator (died 1933)
Deaths
- 7 March – Stephan Hegerm actor (born 1769)
- 11 November – Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher
References
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