1817 in Denmark
Events from the year 1817 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister – Joachim Godske Moltke
Events
Culture
Art
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg completes The Death of Balder as his admission painted for admission into the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
- The 300th anniversary of the Reformation is commemorated with a medal designed by Salomon Ahron Jacobson.
Eckersberg's The Death of Balder
Medal commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Reformation
Births
January–March
- 22 January – Johan Frederik Schlegel, lawyer and civil servant (died 1896)
- 22 February – Niels Gade, composer (died 1890)
April–June
- 4 April – P. C. Skovgaard, national romantic landscape painter (died 1875)
- 13 June – Knud Graah, industrial pioneer (died 1909).[2]
July–September
- 7 July – Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, lawyer, landowner and politician (died 1880)
- 20 July – Johan Henrik Nebelong, architect (died 1871)
October–December
- 4 October – Andreas Frederik Krieger, politician (died 1893)
- 26 October – Georg Grüner, landowner, politician and co-founder of Landmandsbanken (died 1890)[3]
- 13 November – Franziska Carlsen, writer and local historian (died 1876)
- 17 November – Harald Conradsen, sculptor and medalist (died 1905)
- 10 December – Carl Otto Reventlow, philologist, developed a mnemonic system (died 1873)
Deaths
- 6 April – Joachim Castenschiold, military officer (born 1743)
- 18 November – Hans Rudolph Saabye, businessman (born 1751)
- 28 November – Johan Frederik Schultz printer and publisher (born 1756)
Date unknown
- Johanne Marie Malleville, royal favorite (born 1750)
- Moses Melchior, businessman (born 1837)
References
- "Frederick VI | king of Denmark and Norway". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- Nerheim, Gunnar. "Knud Graah". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- "Georg Grüner". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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