1838 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

• 17 September – After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen.

Undated

Births

January{{ndash}}March

• 1 February Christian Blache, painter (died 1920)
• 6 February – Johan Peter Christian Hansen, businessman (died 1913)
• 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (died 1876)
• 26 February – Magda von Dolcke, actress (died 1926)

April{{ndash}}June

• 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian (died 1896)

July{{ndash}}September

• 10 July Philip Schou, businessman (died 1922)
• 16 July Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter (died 1876)
• 31 July – Vilhelm Rosenstand, artist (died 1915)

Deaths

• 13 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (born 1794)
• 20 April – Marie Kofoed, businessperson and philanthropist (born 1760)

References

References

1. "Frederick VI {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway".