1853 in Denmark

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	Other events of 1853 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1853 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VII
• Prime minister – Christian Albrecht Bluhme (until 21 April), Anders Sandøe Ørsted

Events

A tent camp outside the Western City Gate in Copenhagen during the 1853 cholera outbreak

• 15 April – The Bing & Grøndahl porcelain manufactury is founded in Copenhagen.
• 11 June - 1853 Copenhagen cholera outbreak begins and continues until October.

Births

• 2 March – Johan Bartholdy, composer (died 1904)
• 9 December – Laurits Tuxen, painter (died 1927)

Deaths

• 22 July – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter and professor (born 1783)
• 25 August – Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist (born 1777)
• 22 December – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter (born 1796)