1868 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – HM Christian IXChristian IX of DenmarkChristian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...
- Prime minister – C. E. FrijsChristian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-FrijsCount Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs was a Danish nobleman and politician. He was Council President of Denmark from 1865 to 1870 as the leader of the Cabinet of Frijs....
Births
- May 13 – Peter HansenPeter Hansen (painter)Peter Marius Hansen was a Danish painter who became one of the Fynboerne or "Funen Painters" group living and working on the island of Funen.-Biography:...
, painter (died 19281928 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thomas Madsen-Mygdal-Deaths:* July 2 – Anton Rosen, architect * October 6 – Peter Hansen, painter -See also:...
) - May 26 – Carl Johan BonnesenCarl Johan Bonnesen-Early life and education:Bonnesen was born on 26 May 1868 in Aalborg. He first trained to become a carpenter for two years before moving to Copenhagen where he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1887...
, sculptor (died 19331933 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch - HM Christian X* Prime minister - Thorvald Stauning-Deaths:* September 10 – L. A. Ring, painter * November 14 – Poul Simon Christiansen, painter and church decorator...
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Deaths
- February 14 – Emil BærentzenEmil BærentzenEmilius Ditlev Bærentzen, usually known as Emil Bærentzen, was a Danish portrait painter and lithographer, active during the Golden Age of Danish Painting.-Biography:...
, painter (b. 17991799 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-See also:...
) - March 10 – Herman Wilhelm BissenHerman Wilhelm BissenHerman Wilhelm Bissen was a Danish sculptor.Bissen first studied painting in Copenhagen, then became a pupil of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. In 1824, he travelled to Rome and met Christian Daniel Rauch in Berlin. Under the influence of Thorvaldsen, his style changed from romanticism to...
, sculptor (born 17981798 in Denmark-Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Christian Günther von Bernstorff-Births:* June 4 – Niels Laurits Høyen, art historian and critic )...
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