1854 in Denmark

Events from the year 1854 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick VII
 * Prime minister – Anders Sandøe Ørsted (until 12 December), Peter Georg Bang

Events

 * 2 May Realskolen for Frederiksberg og Vesterbro (later Schneekloths Skole) is founded.
 * 26 July – The Cabinet of Ørsted adopts a helstatsforfatning.
 * 12 December – The Cabinet of Bang-Scheel is formed.
 * 18 December – A large National Liberal demonstration takes place in Copenhagen.

Undated

 * Lumskebugten opens at Nordre Toldbod in Copenhagen.
 * Sophus Berendsen establishes as wholesaler of iron and glass for the construction industry in Copenhagen (later developing into Berendsen).
 * Arent Nicolai Dragsted establishes his own goldsmith's workshop on Bredgade in Copenhagen.
 * The company Frichs is founded by Søren Frich in Aarhus.
 * Lauritz Rasmussen establishes a zinc and bronze foundry at Åbenrå 24 in Copenhagen.

Births

 * 26 January – Hans Kaarsberg, writer (died 1929)
 * 27 June – Niels Neergaard, politician (died 1936)
 * 15 August – L. A. Ring, painter (died 1933)

Deaths

 * 30 January – Jacob Peter Mynster, theologian and bishop (born 1775)
 * 23 March – Johannes Søbøtker, merchant, plantation owner and governor (born 1777)
 * 9 July – Marie Toft, landowner (born 1813)
 * 3 August – Jacob Holm, businessman (born 1770)
 * 29 November – Poul Sporon, lawyer, (born 1795)