Events from the year 1853 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VII Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme (until 21 April), Anders Sandøe Ørsted
Events
15 April – The Bing & Grøndahl porcelain manufactury is founded in Copenhagen. 20 May Horsens State Prison is inaugurated. 11 June – 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak begins and continues until October.
Undated Skælskør Steam Mill is constructed.
Births JanuaryMarch 12 March – Johan Bartholdy, composer (died 1904)
AprilJune 19 April Harald Ludvig Westergaard, economist, statician (died 1936) 1 June Valdemar Riise, pharmacist (died 1914) 21 June Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist (died 1930)
JulySeptember 10 July – Nielsine Petersen, sculptor (died 1916) 13 September – Hans Christian Gram, bacteriologist (died 1938) 29 September – Princess Thyra of Denmark, Crown Princess of Hanover (died 1933 in Austria)
OctoberDecember 9 December – Laurits Tuxen, painter (died 1927)
Deaths
22 July – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter and professor (born 1783) 24 November Severin Sterm, topographical writer (born 1784) 22 December – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter (born 1796)
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