1858 in Denmark
Events from the year 1858 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall
Events
- 10 November – The Danish Order of Freemasons is founded.
- 10 September – The statue of Frederick VI is unveiled at Frederiksberg Runddel.
- 1 November The new and taller Skagen Lighthouse is inaugurated as a replacement of the old Skagen Lighthouse from 1747.
- 18 November – The Institut Sankt Joseph is founded.
Undated
- Bernhard Hertz establishes his own workshop.
- The Institute for the Blind is taken over by the state and continued as the Rotal Institute for the Blind.
Births
JanuaryMarch
- 12 January – Viggo Lindstrøm, actor and theatre director
- 6 March – Gustav Wied, writer
- 25 March – Charlotte Eilersgaard, author and editor
AprilJune
- 3 May Alfred Schmidt, painter
- 24 June Jacob Stilling-Andersen, businessman
JulySeptember
- 17 July – Kristine Marie Jensen, cookbook writer
- 31 August Povl Bentzon, engineer and land surveyor
- 6 September Henrik Grønvold, painter
OctoberDecember
Deaths
- 19 March – Carl Emil Moltke, diplomat and landowner
- 10 November – Johannes Theodorus Suhr, businessman