1655 in Denmark

Events from the year 1655 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Undated

 * Paul Kurtz comes to Denmark from Germany where he later becomes Goldsmith to the Danish Court

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)
 * 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)
 * 20 December – Gregers Krabbe, Governor-general of Norway (born 1594)