Events from the year 1855 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VII Prime minister – Peter Georg Bang
Events 8 January – Sparekassen for Vordingborg og Omegn is established.
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
27 November – Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.
Births
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) 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 – Poul Christian Stemann, government official and landowner (born 1764)
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