1654 in Denmark

Events from the year 1654 in Denmark.

← 1653 1652 1651 1654 in Denmark → 1655 1656 1657
Decades:	1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s
See also:	Other events of 1654 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick III^[1]
• Steward of the Realm – Joachim Gersdorff

Events

• 12 August – Total solar eclipse across large parts of Jutland, Funen and Zealand.^[2]
• 1 October – Formal diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom begins: The United Kingdom opens an embassy in Copenhagen. Denmark has an embassy in London.

Undated

• John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen presents Frederick III with a collection of works by Albert Eckhout from Brazil, comprising eight full-length portraits of local people of varying ethnicity, 12 still lifes of local produce and vegetation and three portraits.^[3]

Births

• 28 March – Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress (died 1719)
• 5 June – Hans Munch, theologian and priest, bishop of Christianssand and of Christiania (died 1712).^[4]

Deaths