1817 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1817 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI^[1]
• Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke

Events

Undated

Culture

Art

• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg completes The Death of Balder as his admission painted for admission into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
• The 300th anniversary of the Reformation is commemorated with a medal designed by Salomon Ahron Jacobson.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 22 January – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant (died 1896)
• 22 February – Niels Gade, composer (died 1890)

AprilJune

• 4 April – P. C. Skovgaard, national romantic landscape painter (died 1875)
• 13 June  - Knud Graah, industrial pioneer (died 1909).^[2]

JulySeptember

• 7 July Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, lawyer, landowner and politician (died 1880)
• 20 July – Johan Henrik Nebelong, architect (died 1871)

OctoberDecember

• 4 October Andreas Frederik Krieger, politician (died 1893)
• 26 October Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (died 1890)^[3]
• 13 November – Franziska Carlsen, writer and local historian (died 1876)
• 17 November – Harald Conradsen, sculptor and medalist (died 1905)
• 10 December Carl Otto Reventlow, philologist, developed a mnemonic system (died 1873)

Deaths

• 6 April – Joachim Castenschiold, military officer (born 1743)
• 18 November Hans Rudolph Saabye, businessman (born 1751)
• 28 November  - Johan Frederik Schultz printer and publisher (born 1756)

Date unknown

• Johanne Marie Malleville, royal favorite (born 1750)
• Moses Melchior, businessman (born 1736)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VI king of Denmark and Norway . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 June 2019 . en.
2. Encyclopedia: Knud Graah . Norsk biografisk leksikon. Gunnar . Nerheim . Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. no. 18 June 2016.
3. Web site: Georg Grüner. Danish. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. 20 August 2023.