1885 in Denmark

Events from the year 1885 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IX
 * Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Sports

 * 13 May – AaB Fodbold is founded.

Births

 * 25 February – Christian Petersen, sculptor (died 1961 in USA)
 * 23 April – Jais Nielsen, painter (died 1961)
 * 17 April – Karen Blixen (died 1972)
 * 2 May – Nanna Øland Fabricius, singer
 * 10 July – Kai Holm, actor (born 1896)
 * 7 October – Niels Bohr, (born 1885)
 * 25 November – Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1959)

Deaths

 * 21 January – Jens Peter Trap, royal secretary, topographical writer and publisher (born 1810)