Events from the year 1843 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian VIII Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann
Events
18 May – first public meeting at Skamlingsbanken. 16 August – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3,615 visitors on the opening day. At the end of the 1843 season, more than 175,000 guests have visited the park. 15 December The Barony of Adelersborg is established by G.F.O. Zytphen-Adeler and Bertha Henriette Frederikke Løvenskiold from the manors of Dragsholm and Dønnerup.
Undated
Culture Literature 20 February – Søren Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or,
Births JanuaryMarch 7 January – Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (died 1903) 24 January – Evald Tang Kristensen, author and folklore collector (died 1929) 25 February – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (died 1916) 11 March – Harald Høffding, philosopher and theologian (died 1031) 31 March Christian Zacho, painter (died 1913) Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (died 1917)
AprilJune 8 April – Asger Hamerik, composer (died 1923) 3 June – King Frederick VIII (died 1912)
JulySeptember 28 August Peder Madsen, theologian and bishop (died 1911)
OctoberDecember 9 October Christian Christiansen, physicist (died 1917) 7 November – Emil Vett, businessman (died 1911)
Deaths
11 January Antoine Bournonville, ballet master (born 1760 in France) 13 January – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg (born 1771)
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