1826 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1826 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI^[1]
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

Undated

• Gold coins denominated as "Frederiks d'Or" (later as "Christians d'Or") are introduced.

Culture

Art

• Wilhelm Bendz paints A Young Artist Examining a Sketch in a Mirror-^[2]

Births

• 14 February – Frederik Christian Lund, painter and illustrator (died 1901)
• 16 February
  • Anton Eduard Kieldrup, landscape painter (died 1869)
  • Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, lawyer (died 1909)
• 27 February Louise Westergaard, pedagogue and educator (died 1880)
• 13 May – Clara Andersen, dramatist and novelist (died 1895)
• 16 May David B. Adler, businessman (died 1878)
• 18 June Niels Frederik Ravn, politician (died 1910)
• 5 August Andreas Aagesen, jurist (died 1879)
• 24 August – Fritz Melbye, marine painter (died 1869)

Deaths

• 16 March Poul de Løvenørn, naval officer (born 1751)
• 24 March Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, diplomat and music historian (born 1761)
• 1 October – Margrethe von der Lühe, courtier (born 1741)
• 3 October – Jens Immanuel Baggesen, poet (born 1764)
• 27 November Niels Peder Christian Holsøe, architect (died 1895)
• 14 December Conrad Malte-Brunm, geographer and journalist (born 1775)
• 20 December – Jens Juel-Vind, chamberlain and landowner (born 1794)
• 28 December Schack von Staffeldt, author (born 1769)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Frederick VI king of Denmark and Norway . Encyclopedia Britannica . 27 June 2019 . en.
2. http://fotoarkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/letters/pdf/43469/Medd._1994_Munk.pdf Jens Peter Munk: ‘Kunstnerportræt – selvportræt’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum, 1994, p. 103-113.