1803 in Denmark
Events from the year 1803 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
- Import of slaves to the Danish West Indies is abolished.
- The Port of Odense is established.
- Bertel Thorvaldsen completes his statue of Jason with the Golden Fleece, his first major success.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 4 January Robert Cleaver Chapman, pastor, teacher and evangelist, the apostle of Love
- 12 January Christian Pløyen, jurist and government official
- 8 March Ferdinand Thielemann, architect
- 19 March – Christine Løvmand, artist specializing in painting flowers and still lifes
AprilJune
- 20 April – Christian Hansen, architect
- 23 April – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver
- 2 May – Albert Küchler, painter active in Italy
- 17 May – Martinus Rørbye, painter
JulySeptember
- 4 September – Anna Nielsen, mezzo-soprano
OctoberDecember
- 5 October - Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, painter
- 4 December Knut Jungbohn Clement, linguist
- 31 December
- * Alfred Hage, merchant and landowner
- * Emilie da Fonseca, actress and opera singer
Deaths
- 18 January Frederik Christian Kaas, naval officer
- 6 February Peder Rosenstand-Goiske, lawyer and playwright
- 4 June Peter Ascanius, natural scientist
- 7 April Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, county governor
- 11 June Henrik Brockenhuus, landowner