1868 in Denmark
Events from the year 1868 in Denmark. Incumbents
 Monarch – Christian IX
 Prime minister – C. E. Frijs

Events
 24 April – The Port of Esbjerg construction act provides for the construction of a new export port at Esbjerg, until then a tiny community, as a replacement for the harbour in Altona, which had previously been Denmark's most important North Sea harbour. 7 August – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen is established. 16 October – All Danish rights to the Nicobar Islands, which since 1848 had been gradually abandoned, are sold to the British as the last remains of Danish India. Undated 

 Magasin du Nord is established in Aarhus as Emil Vett & Co. by Theodor Wessel and Emil Vett. Births

JanuaryMarch
 7 January  Johannes Wilhjelm, painter (died 1938)
 9 January  S. P. L. Sørensen, chemist (died 1939)

AprilJune
 13 May – Peter Hansen, painter (d. 1928)
 25 April – Carl Wentorf, artist (d. 1914)
 26 May – Carl Johan Bonnesen, sculptor (d. 1933)

JulySeptember
 17 july – Henri Nathansen, writer and stage director (d. 1944)

OctoberDecember
 25 October – Rasmus Harboe, sculptor (d. 1952)
 27 November  Wilhelm Hansen, businessman and art collector (died 1936)

Deaths
 16 January – Christopher Bagnæs Hansen, furniture maker (b. 1806)
 8 March  Axel Kittendorff, lithographer (born 1721)
 14 February – Emil Bærentzen, painter (b. 1799)
 10 March
 Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor (b. 1798)
 Bernt Wilhelm Westermann, businessman (b. 1781)

References

 
1860s in Denmark
Denmark
Years of the 19th century in Denmark