1854 in Denmark
Events from the year 1854 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII
- Prime minister – Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Peter Georg Bang
Events
- 2 May Realskolen for Frederiksberg og Vesterbro is founded.
- 26 July The Cabinet of Ørsted adopts a helstatsforfatning.
- 12 December The Cabinet of Bang-Scheel is formed.
- 18 December A large National Liberal demonstration takes place in Copenhagen.
Undated
- Lumskebugten opens at Nordre Toldbod in Copenhagen.
- Sophus Berendsen establishes as wholesaler of iron and glass for the construction industry in Copenhagen.
- Arent Nicolai Dragsted establishes his own goldsmith's workshop on Bredgade in Copenhagen.
- The company Frichs is founded by Søren Frich in Aarhus.
- Lauritz Rasmussen establishes a zinc and bronze foundry at Åbenrå 24 in Copenhagen.
Births
- 13 January – Hector Frederik Estrup Jungersen, marine zoologist
- 26 January Hans Kaarsberg, writer
- 27 June Niels Neergaard, politician
- 15 August – L. A. Ring, painter
- 27 November Johan Ludvig Heiberg, philologist and historian
- 15 December Jens Peter Berthelsen, fencer
Deaths
- 30 January – Jacob Peter Mynster, theologian and bishop
- 23 March - Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor
- 9 July – Marie Toft, landowner
- 3 August Jacob Holm, businessman
- 29 November Poul Sporon, lawyer,