Events from the year 1754 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick V Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
Events March 31 – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts is founded as a gift to King Frederick V on his 31st birthday.
Undated Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix were sold to king Frederick V, becoming royal Danish-Norwegian colonies.
Births
12 April Laurids Smith, clergyman, philosopher and early animal rights writer (died 1794) 10 May Asmus Jacob Carstens, painter (died 1798) 3 June Jacob Gude, government official and memoirist (died 1810) 7 September – Hartvig Marcus Frisch, civil servant (died 1816) 19 December Hans Haagen, chief of police (died 1845)
Deaths
28 January – Ludvig Holberg, author, playwright, academic (born 1684) 5 February – Caroline Thielo, actress (born (1735 in Denmark|1735) 7 June – Nicolai Eigtved, architect (born 1701) 25 August Frederik Hauch, Postmaster-General (died 1839) 18 September – Ferdinand Anton Danneskiold-Laurvig, Count (b 1688)
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