1846 in Denmark

Events from the year 1846 in Denmark.

← 1845 1844 1843 1846 in Denmark → 1847 1848 1849
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1846 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VIII
• Prime minister – Poul Christian Stemann

Events

• 5 May – The Society of the Friends of Peasants is established in Copenhagen.

Undated

• The of Den højere Dannelsesanstalt for Damer, the first secondary education school for women, is established by Annestine Beyer and Emil Bojsen.

Births

January–March

• 25 January – August Jerndorff, painter (died 1906)
• 8 March – Gerhard Faye, factory manager (died 1917)
• 19 March – Oscar Wanscher, surgeon (died 1906)
• 22 March – Holger F. Struer, chemist and company founder (died 1931)

October–December

• 9 October – Holger Drachmann, poet, dramatist and painter (died 1908)
• 2 November – Holger Roed, painter (died 1874)
• 15 October – Dumme Lort, writer (died 1879)

Deaths

• 27 January – Anne Cathrine Collett, landowner (born 1768)
• 24 July – Christian Holm, painter (born 1804)