1861 in Denmark
Events from the year 1861 in Denmark. Incumbents
 Monarch – Frederick VII
 Prime minister – Carl Christian Hall

Events

 July – The archaeological excavations at the Jelling Stones are resumed under supervision of Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae and later that month visited by King Frederik VII personally. 25 August – St. John's Church in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen is consecrated at a ceremony attended by King Frederik VII. It is first church to be built outside the city's old fortification ring when it was decommissioned. 13 September – The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark is founded. Undated

Publications
 2 March – New Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen

Births

JanuaryMarch
 10 February – Walter Christmas, author (died 1924)
 14 February – Peter Ilsted, artist and printmaker (died 1933)

AprilJune
 1 April  Ivar Knudsen, engineer (died 1920)
 27 April – Johan Skjoldborg, author (died 1936)
 29 April – Holger Hvidtfeldt Jerichau, painter (died 1900)
 22 May – Johannes Georg Forchhammer, physicist (died 1938)

JulySeptember
 10 September – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, sculptor (died 1941)
 25 September – Rasmus Andersen, sculptor (died 1930)

Deaths

AprJune
 2 April – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (born 1797)
 1 May – Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, artist and engraver (born 1803)

JulySeptember
 28 August – Jonas Collin, philanthropist (born 1776)
 17 September  Julius Friedlænder, painter (born 1810)

OctoberDecember
 12 November  Christen Niemann Rosenkilde, actor (born 1786)

References

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