1811 in Denmark

Events from the year 1811 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Frederik Moltke

Events

• 3 March Sparekassen Bikuben is founded in Copenhagen.
• 27 March – The Battle of Anholt during the Gunboat War.
• 30 June Hassel & Teudt is founded in Copenhagen.
• 26 October HDMS Najaden is launched at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Christiani & Grisson is founded.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 27 January Else Fenger, businesswoman (born 1737)
• 6 February Peter Gemzøe, painter and lithographer (died 1879)
• 18 February Camillus Nyrop, instrument maker (died 1883)

AprilJune

• 3 April Christian August Broberg, businessman and politician (died 1886)
• 23 April – Carl Ferdinand Allen, historian (died 1871)
• 12 May Johannes Peter Langgaard, businessman and brickyard owner (died 1890)

JulySeptember

• 17 July – Adelgunde Vogt, sculptor (died 1892)
• 16 August – Adam August Müller, painter (died 1844)
• 2 September – J. C. Jacobsen, brewer, industrialist, founder of Carlsberg (died 1887)

OctoberDecember

• 23 November – Elise Holst, stage actress (died 1891)
• 17 November Signe Giebelhausen, actress (died 1879 in Norway)
• 24 November Ditlev Gothard Monrad, politician and bishop (died 1887)
• 4 December – Martin Hammerich, literary historian and educator (died 1881)
• 31 December – Moritz Unna, photographer (died 1871)

Deaths

• 4 September – Frédéric de Coninck, merchant, ship owner (born 1740)
• 26 September – Cathrine Marie Møller, artist (born 1744)
• 29 September Frederik Harboe, naval officer (born 1758)
• 12 October – Thomas Potter, industrialist (born 1745)
• 23 December Emilie Rosing, singer (born 1783)

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