1857 in Denmark

Events from the year 1857 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (until 13 May), Carl Christian Hall

Events

• March The first annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition opens.
• 30 June – Hassel & Teudt is founded in Copenhagen.
• 17 September The Folketeatret opens in Copenhagen.

Undated

• Svanemøllen is constructed on the island of Bornholm.
• A new main building at VibygÃ¥rd is constructed.
• Axel E. Aamodts Lithografiske Etablissement is founded.
• Christiani & Grisson is acquired by Wilhelm Hansen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 3 February Wilhelm Johannsen, pharmacist and botanist (died 1927)

AprilJune

• 7 April H. A. Brendekilde, sculptor (died 1942)

JulySeptember

• 24 July – Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize-winning writer (died 1943)
• 31 August Niels Jacobsen, business executive

OctoberDecember

• 7 December – Hans-Georg Tersling, architect (died 1920)
• 9 December – Alba Schwartz, writer and novelist (died 1942)

Deaths

• 23 June – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (born 1783)
• 6 February Holger Christian Reedtz, government official, diplomat and landowner (born 1800)
• 16 September Johannes Dam Hage, editor (born 1800)
• 23 November Ida Brunm socialite (born 1792)

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