1862 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1862 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick VII[1]
- Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall
Events
June
- 13 June – Rosenborg Castle Garden plays host to a party for Nordic students.
July
- 19 July – A banquet attended by Frederick VII and Carl XV of Sweden-Norway takes place in the Grand Hall of Børsen in Copenhagen.
- 25 July – The Isted Lion is inaugurated in Glensburg.
September
- 2 September – The first Aarhus and Randers railway stations oen when the new Aarhus–Randers railway line is inaugurated.
December
- 27 December – The Swedish brig Daphne is wrecked off Skagen North Beach. A rescue boat from Skagen with 11 men capsizes and only two of the men survives, leaving eight women in Skagen as widows and 25 children fatherless.
Undated
The new University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum is inaugurated.
Culture
Art
- 25 July – Herman Wilhelm Bissen' Isted Lion is unveiled in Flensburg Cemetery on the 12th anniversary of the Battle of Isted.
- Undated – Wilhelm Marstrand paints the murals in Christian IV's Chapel at Roskilde Cathedral.[2]
Births
January–]March
- 13 February – Mikkel Hindhede, physician and nutritionist (died 1945)
- 17 February – Henri Konow, naval officer and governor of the Danish West Indies /died 1939)
- 22 March – Malvina Mehrn, animal rights activist (died 1960).[3]
April–June
- 26 April – Niels Thorkild Rovsing, surgeon (died 1927)
- 10 June – Agnes Slott-Møller, painter (died 1937)
July–September
- 28 July – Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator (died 1939)
- 30 July – Adda Ravnkilde, writer (died 1882)
- 5 August – Knud Arne Petersen, architect and artistic director (died 1943)
October–December
- 7 October – Johanne Andersen , women's rights activist (died 1025)
- 15 October – Christian Mølsted, painter (died 1930)
Deaths
January–March
- 4 January – Joachim Wedell-Neergaard, diplomat (born 1802)
- 24 February – Bernhard Severin Ingemann, writer (born 1789)
- 3 March – Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach, theologian (born 1792)
- 5 June – Catharine Wernicke, pianist (died 1789)
April–June
- 18 April – Frederik Sødring, painter (born 1800)
July–September
- 7 September – Joseph Owen, businessman (born 1789 in Great Britain)
October–December
- 1 November – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (born 1797)
- 11 November – Johan Carl Peter Prytz naval officer (born 1789)
- 23 December – Frederikke Dannemand, royal mistress (born 1792)
References
- ^ "Frederick VII | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "1862". roskildehistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
- ^ Vammen, Tinne. "Malvina Mehrn". Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon (in Danish). Dansk Nationalleksikon. Retrieved 18 July 2025.