1855 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1855 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII^[1]
• Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang

Events

• 8 January Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established.^[2]

• 31 October Gads Forlag is founded by Gottlieb Ernst Clausen Gad.
• 18 November Sødring & Co. is founded by Christopher Hansen Sødring and Frederik Marchus, Count Knuth til Knuthenborg.
• 27 September A vote in Folketinget concerning the so-called fællesforfatning.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 17 January Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1922)
• 14 February Christian Bohrm physician (died 1911)
• 20 February Fanny Garde, ceramist and designer (died 1928)
• 22 March – Karl Madsen, art historian, painter and arts administrator (died 1938)

JulySeptember

• 11 August Erik Henningsen, painter (died 1839)

OctoberDecember

• 16 October  - Carl Andreas Koefoed, agronomist (died 1948)
• 12 October – Charlotte Norrie, nurse and women's rights activist (died 1940)^[3]
• 20 October – Poul Simon Christiansen, painter and church decorator (died 1933)

Deaths

• 7 March – Stephan Hegerm actor (born 1769)
• 11 November – Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VII king of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 21 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Sparekassen for Vordingborg Og Omegn. Danish. coneliand.dk. 27 March 2018.
3. Web site: Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie . www.kvinfo.dk . 3 December 2019 . 15 May 2003.