1855 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1855 List of years in Denmark

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]

27 September: Fremstilling af Afstemningen i Folkethinget den 27de September 1855 over Fællesforfatningens Vedtagelse

• 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.

Culture

Literature

Ghortens Flugt.

• 27 November – Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.

Births

Carl Gammelgaard.

January–March

• 17 January – Alfred Benzon, pharmacist (died 1932)
• 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)

July–September

• 9 July – Sara Ulrik, flower painter (died 1916)
• 29 August – Erik Henningsen, painter (died 1930)
• 20 September – Carl Gammeltoft, businessman (died 1034),

October–December

• 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

• 8 March – Stephan Hegerm actor (born 1769)
• 11 November – Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher (born 1813)
• 25 November l ndash}} Poul Christian Stemann, government official and landowner (born 1764)

References

1. "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
2. "Sparekassen for Vordingborg Og Omegn". coneliand.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2018.
3. "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Charlotte Norrie". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2019.