Events from the year 1655 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick III Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff
Events
Undated Paul Kurtz comes to Denmark from Germany where he later becomes Goldsmith to the Danish-Norwegian Court
Culture Art Abel Schrøder completes an elaborately carved Cartilage Baroque-style altarpiece for Vester Egesborg Church in Næstved.
Births 6 March – Frederik Krag, civil servant (died 1728) 7 July Axel Juel, governor of Danish India (died 1720) 10 September – Caspar Bartholin the Younger, anatomist (died 1738) 1 December – Bendix Grodtschilling the Younger, painter (died 1707)
Deaths 9 February Caspar Fincke, court smith (born 1584) 9 June Laurids Mortensen Scavenius, clergyman (born 1599) 31 August Ole Worm, physician and antiquary (born 1588)
Full date missing Poul Hansen Korsør, colonial administrator
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