Events from the year 1885 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IX
- Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup
Events
Sports
- 13 May – AaB Fodbold is founded.
Births
- 25 February – Christian Petersen, sculptor (died 1961 in USA)
- 6 April – Holcha Krake, artist (died 1944 in USA)
- 17 April – Karen Blixen (died 1972)
- 23 April – Jais Nielsen, painter (died 1961)
- 2 June – Edouard Buntzen, lawyer and politician (born 1809)
- 10 July – Kai Holm, actor (born 1896)
- 7 October – Niels Bohr, (born 1885)
- 25 November – Daniel Andersen, composer, sculptor and ceramist (died 1959)
Deaths
- 21 January – Jens Peter Trap, royal secretary, topographical writer and publisher (born 1810)
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