1847 in Denmark

Events from the year 1847 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events

Hybe

• 26 June – The first railway line in the Kingdom of Denmark, the railway line from Copenhagen to Roskilde, was completed for the Zealand Railway Company () by British engineering company William Radford.

July

• 1217 July The 5th Scandinavian Scientist Conference is held in Copenhagen. The opening banquet is held in the Rotal Mansion in Roskilde.

November

• 10 November – The first beer is brewed at J.C. Jacobsen's new Carlsberg brewery on Valby Hill in Copenhagen.

Culture

Art

• Wilhelm Marstrand paints his Italian Osteria Scene.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 24 February Charles Ambt, engineer (died 1919)
• 8 March – Anton Marius Andersen, American Lutheran minister (died 1941)

AprilJune

• 7 April Jens Peter Jacobsenm author (born 1885)

JulySeptember

• 11 April Axel Helsted, painter (died 1907)
• 23 September Johanne Christine Petersen, school principal (died 1922)

OctoberDecember

• 13 October – Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (died 1928)
• 21 October – Edvard Brandes, politician, author and editor (died 1931)
• 3 December – Arthur Ivan Allin, musician (died 1926)
• 16 December Bertha Wegmann, painter (died 1926)
• 25 December Albert Jensen, architect (died 1913)

Deaths

• 15 May Peter Johan Alexei Conradt-Eberlin, Supreme Court justice (born 1789)
• 12 November – William Christopher Zeise, chemist (born 1789)
• 17 November Henriette Jørgensen, actress (born 1791)
• 17 December Conrad Christian Bøhndel, painter and lithographer (born 1779)

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