1783 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian VII[1]
- Prime minister â Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events
- 5 July â HDMS Friderichsværn is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.
Undated
Births

- 2 January â Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter (d. 1853)
- 6 March â Emilie Rosing, singer (died 1811)
- 11 May â Peter Willemoes, naval officer (d. 1808)
- 15 August â Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, painter (died 1816)
- 8 September â N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (d. 1872)
- 8 October â Christian Molbech, historian and editor (d. 1857)
Deaths
- 14 April â Abraham Pelt, industrialist and philanthropist (born 1695)
- 15 June â Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop (born 1709)
- 18 August â Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and planter (born 1715)
- 19 January â Bartholomæus Bertelsen de Cederfeld, county governor (born 1715)
- 17 December â Gysbert Behagen, merchant (born 1725)
