← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in Denmark → 1886 1887 1888
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1885 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1885 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IX^[1]
• Prime minister – J. B. S. Estrup

Events

Sports

• 13 May – AaB Fodbold is founded.

Births

• 25 February – Christian Petersen, sculptor (died 1961 in USA)
• 23 April – Jais Nielsen, painter (died 1961)
• 17 April – Karen Blixen (died 1972)
• 2 May – Nanna Øland Fabricius, singer
• 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)