Events from the year 1826 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VI 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-Jens Peter Munk: ‘Kunstnerportræt – selvportræt’, in: Meddelelser fra Thorvaldsens Museum, 1994, p. 103-113.
Births
JanuaryMarch 14 February – Frederik Christian Lund, painter and illustrator (died 1901) 16 February Anton Eduard Kieldrup, landscape painter (died 1869) Julius Thomsen, lawyer (died 1909) 27 February Louise Westergaard, pedagogue and educator (died 1880)
AprilJune 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)
JulySeptember 5 August Andreas Aagesen, jurist (died 1879) 24 August – Fritz Melbye, marine painter (died 1869)
Deaths
JanuaryMarch 16 March Poul de Løvenørn, naval officer (born 1751) 24 March Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, diplomat and music historian (born 1761)
JulySeptember 4 August – Hinrich Braren, sea captain and author (born 1751) 10 August Lauritz Holmblad, businessman (born 1770)
OctoberDecember 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)
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