1654 in Denmark

Events from the year 1654 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick III
 * Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff

Events

 * 12 August – Total solar eclipse across large parts of Jutland, Funen and Zealand.
 * 1 October – Formal diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom begins: The United Kingdom opens an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in London.


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 * John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen presents Frederick III with a collection of works by Albert Eckhout from Brazil, comprising eight full-length portraits of local people of varying ethnicity, 12 still lifes of local produce and vegetation and three portraits.

Births

 * 28 March – Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress (died 1719)
 * 5 June – Hans Munch, theologian and priest, bishop of Christianssand and of Christiania (died 1712).