1853 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch - Frederick VII
• Prime minister - Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Anders Sandøe Ørsted

  Events

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

  Undated

Births

• 2 March – Johan Bartholdy, composer
• 9 December – Laurits Tuxen, painter

  Deaths

• 22 July – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter and professor
• 25 August - Johan Christian Drewsen, businessman and agronomist
• 22 December – Frederik von Scholten, naval officer and painter