1821 in Denmark

Events from the year 1821 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick VI

Art

 * 21 May – The so-called Copenhagen Mythological Competition is announced via advertisements in several Copenhagen newspapers.

Births

 * 9 June – Arent Nicolai Dragstedm goldsmith (died 1898)
 * 31 July – William Hammer, painter (died 1889)
 * 19 October – Axel Kittendorff, lithographer (died 1868)
 * 23 November – Heinrich Hansen, painter (died 1890)

Deaths

 * 2 April – Ulrich Wilhelm de Roepstorff, colonial administrator (died 1729)
 * 22 July – Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt, naval officer and philanthropist (born 1732)