1852 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick VII
• Prime minister - Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Christian Albrecht Bluhme

Events

• 7 May The Den Borgerlige Velgørenheds Stiftelse is founded.
• 8 May The London Protocol is signed in London, affirming the integrity of the Danish federation as a "European necessity and standing principle".
• 4 August The 1852 Danish Folketing election is held: Although the National Liberal Party becomes the largest party, Christian Albrecht Bluhme of the Højre party remains Prime Minister after the elections.

Undated

• Tvede's Brewery on Vesterbrogade is inaugurated.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 21 January – Emma Gad, writer
• 1 March - Martin Borch, architect
• 12 February John Louis Emil Dreyerm astronomer
• 7 March Anders Fonnesbech, businessman

AprilJune

• 25 May - Christian Hedemann, photographer

JulySeptember

• 8 August Malthe Engelsted, painter
• 14 August - Carl Aarsleff, sculptor
• 10 September - Hans Niels Andersen, businessman, founder of East Asiatic Company

OctoberDecember

• 20 October - Valdemar Koch, architect
• 28 December - Kristian Erslev, historian

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 21 March – Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen Consort of Denmark

AprilJune

• 26 April Christian Cornelius Lerche, landowner and county governor
• 28 April – Joakim Frederik Schouw, lawyer, botanist and politician

JulySeptember

• 15 September – Johan Caspar Mylius, military officer and landowner

OctoberDecember

• 31 October Andreas Schifter
• 4 November - Dankvart Dreyer, painter
• 24 November – Margrethe Schall, dancer