1843 in Denmark

Events from the year 1843 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VIII
 * Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events

 * 18 May – first public meeting at Skamlingsbanken.
 * 16 August – Georg Carstensen Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen are inaugurated with 3,615 visitors on the opening day. At the end of the 1843 season, more than 175,000 guests have visited the park.
 * 15 December – The Barony of Adelersborg is established by G.F.O. Zytphen-Adeler and Bertha Henriette Frederikke Løvenskiold from the manors of Dragsholm and Dønnerup.

Literature

 * 20 February – Søren Kierkegaard publishes Either/Or,

January–March

 * 24 January – Evald Tang Kristensen, author and folklore collector (died 1929)
 * 25 February – Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen, pharmacist and industrialist (died 1916)
 * 31 March
 * Christian Zacho, painter (died 1913)
 * Kristian Zahrtmann, painter (died 1917)

April–June

 * 8 April – Asger Hamerik, composer (died 1923)
 * 3 June – King Frederick VIII (died 1912)

October–December

 * 9 October – Christian Christiansen, physicist (died 1917)
 * 7 November
 * Erhard Frederiksen, agriculturalist (died 1903)
 * Emil Vett, businessman (died 1911)

Deaths

 * 18 January – Princess Louise Auguste, princess of Denmark, Duchess of Augustenborg (born 1771)