1747 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick V
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 4 September – The coronation of Frederick V of Denmark at Frederiksborg Chapel.

Date unknown

• Count Adam Gottlob Moltke was made a privy councillor by Frederick V, who gave him the estate of Bregentved.
• Skagen's first lighthouse is inaugurated to designs by Philip de Lange.
• Frederiksdal House is completed as the earliest example of a maison de plaisance in Denmark.

Births

• 5 January Frederik Ludvig Bang, physician
• 10 July – Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, electress of Hesse-Kassel
• 4 August – Olfert Fischer, vice admiral
• 4 December – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron