1754 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick V
• Prime minister - Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• March 31 - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is founded as a gift to King Frederick V on his 31st birthday.

Undated

• Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix were sold to king Frederick V, becoming royal Danish-Norwegian colonies.

Births

• 10 May Asmus Jacob Carstens, painter
• 3 June Jacob Gude, government official and memoirist
• 7 September – Hartvig Marcus Frisch, civil servant

Deaths

• 28 January – Ludvig Holberg, author, playwright, academic
• 5 February – Caroline Thielo, actress
• 7 June – Nicolai Eigtved, architect
• 25 August Frederik Hauch, Postmaster-General
• 18 September – Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig, Count