1843 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Christian VIII
• Prime minister - Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 18 May – first public meeting at Skamlingsbanken.
• 16 August – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3,615 visitors on the opening day. At the end of the 1843 season, more than 175,000 guests have visited the park.
• 15 December The Barony of Adelersborg is established by G.F.O. Zytphen-Adeler and Bertha Henriette Frederikke Løvenskiold from the manors of Dragsholm and Dønnerup.

Culture

Literature

• 20 February – Søren Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or,

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 7 January – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist
• 24 January – Evald Tang Kristensen, author and folklore collector
• 25 February – Christian Ditlev [Ammentorp Hansen], pharmacist and industrialist
• 31 March
• * Christian Zacho, painter
• * Kristian Zahrtmann, painter

AprilJune

• 8 April - Asger Hamerik, composer
• 3 June - King Frederick VIII

OctoberDecember

• 9 October Christian Christiansen, physicist
• 7 November – Emil Vett, businessman

Deaths

• 13 January – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg