1838 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick VI[1]
- Prime minister â Otto Joachim
Events
- 26 March â Denmark and Venezuela agree to sign a Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation.
- 17 September â After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen.
Undated
- Niverød Brickworks us established on the coast north of Copenhagen.l
Births
JanuaryâMarch
- 3 January â Rasmus Krag, ,ilitary officer and engineer (born 1873 in Norway)
- 11 January â Ludvig Abelin Schou, painter (died 1907 in France)
- 1 February â Christian Blache, painter (died 1920)
- 6 February â Johan Hansen, businessman (died 1913)
- 22 February â Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (died 1876)
- 28 February â Magda von Dolcke, actress (died 1926)
AprilâJune
- 2 June â Charles Abrahams, architect (died 1893)
- 19 June â Julius Lange, art historian (died 1896)
JulyâSeptember
- 1 July â Johanne Meyer, editor and activist (died 1915)
- 10 July â Philip Schou, businessman (died 1922)
- 16 July â Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter (died 1876)
- 31 July â Vilhelm Rosenstand, artist (died 1915)
- 12 September â Jacob Scavenius. landowner and politician (died 1915)
OctoberâDecember
- 30 October â Christopher Peter Jürgensen, mechanician and instrument maker (died 1911)
- 23 November â Otto Mønsted, businessman (died 1916)
- 24 December â Thorvald N. Thiele, astronomer (died 1910)
Deaths
JanuaryâMarch
- 3 January â Rasmus Krag, military officer (born 1763 in Norway)
- 13 March â Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (born 1794)
AprilâJune
- 20 April â Marie Kofoed, businessperson and philanthropist (born 1760)
JulyâSeptember
- 6 July â Frederik Christian Raben, count, traveller and amateur naturalist (born 1769)
OctoberâDecember
- 21 October â Ove Ramel Sehested, statesman (born 1757 in Norway)
Publications
- October â Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection Vol I
