1847 in Denmark
Events from the year 1847 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Christian VIII
- Prime minister - Poul Christian Stemann
Events
- 26 June - The first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, was completed for the Zealand Railway Company by British engineering company William Radford.
- 1217 July The 5th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen.
- 10 November - The first beer is brewed at J.C. Jacobsen's new Carlsberg brewery on Valby Hill in Copenhagen.
Culture
Art
- Wilhelm Marstrand paints his Italian Osteria Scene.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 24 February Charles Ambt, engineer
- 8 March - Anton Marius Andersen, American Lutheran minister
JulySeptember
OctoberDecember
- 13 October – Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia
- 21 October - Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor
- 3 December - Arthur Ivan Allin, musician
- 16 December Bertha Wegmann, painter
- 25 December Albert Jensen, architect
Deaths
- 15 May Peter Johan Alexei Conradt-Eberlin, Supreme Court justice
- 12 November - William Christopher Zeise, chemist
- 17 November Henriette Jørgensen, actress
- 17 December Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer