Events from the year 1857 in Denmark.

Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VII Prime minister – Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (until 13 May), Carl Christian Hall

Events March The first annual Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition opens. 30 June – Hassel & Teudt is founded in Copenhagen. 17 September The Folketeatret opens in Copenhagen.

Undated Svanemøllen is constructed on the island of Bornholm. A new main building at Vibygård is constructed. Axel E. Aamodts Lithografiske Etablissement is founded. Christiani & Grisson is acquired by Wilhelm Hansen.

Births

JanuaryMarch 3 February Wilhelm Johannsen, pharmacist and botanist (died 1927)

AprilJune 7 April H. A. Brendekilde, sculptor (died 1942)

JulySeptember 24 July – Henrik Pontoppidan, Nobel Prize-winning writer (died 1943) 31 August Niels Jacobsen, business executive

OctoberDecember 7 December – Hans-Georg Tersling, architect (died 1920) 9 December – Alba Schwartz, writer and novelist (died 1942)

Deaths 23 June – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (born 1783) 6 February Holger Christian Reedtz, government official, diplomat and landowner (born 1800) 16 September Johannes Dam Hage, editor (born 1800) 23 November Ida Brunm socialite (born 1792)

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