1853 in Denmark

Events from the year 1853 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme (until 21 April), Anders Sandøe Ørsted

Events

• 15 April – The Bing & Grøndahl porcelain manufactury is founded in Copenhagen.
• 20 May Horsens State Prison is inaugurated.
• 11 June – 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak begins and continues until October.

Undated

• Skælskør Steam Mill is constructed.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 12 March – Johan Bartholdy, composer (died 1904)

AprilJune

• 19 April Harald Ludvig Westergaard, economist, statician (died 1936)
• 1 June Valdemar Riise, pharmacist (died 1914)
• 21 June Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist (died 1930)

JulySeptember

• 10 July – Nielsine Petersen, sculptor (died 1916)
• 13 September – Hans Christian Gram, bacteriologist (died 1938)
• 29 September – Princess Thyra of Denmark, Crown Princess of Hanover (died 1933 in Austria)

OctoberDecember

• 9 December – Laurits Tuxen, painter (died 1927)

Deaths

• 22 July – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter and professor (born 1783)
• 24 November Severin Sterm, topographical writer (born 1784)
• 22 December – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter (born 1796)

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