1655 in Denmark

Events from the year 1655 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick III
• Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff

Events

Undated

• Paul Kurtz comes to Denmark from Germany where he later becomes Goldsmith to the Danish-Norwegian Court

Culture

Art

• Abel Schrøder completes an elaborately carved Cartilage Baroque-style altarpiece for Vester Egesborg Church in Næstved.

Births

• 6 March – Frederik Krag, civil servant (died 1728)
• 7 July Axel Juel, governor of Danish India (died 1720)
• 10 September – Caspar Bartholin the Younger, anatomist (died 1738)
• 1 December – Bendix Grodtschilling the Younger, painter (died 1707)

Deaths

• 9 February Caspar Fincke, court smith (born 1584)
• 9 June Laurids Mortensen Scavenius, clergyman (born 1599)
• 31 August Ole Worm, physician and antiquary (born 1588)

Full date missing

• Poul Hansen Korsør, colonial administrator

References