1782 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch — Christian VII
• Prime minister — Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

• 22 June HDMS Det Store Bælt is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.

Births

• 29 June Hans Christian Lyngbye, priest and botanist
• 26 March Johan Carl Modeweg, industrialist
• 12 August Ole Johansen Winstrup, engineer and inventor
• 11 October – Steen Steensen Blicher, author
• 1 November – Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg, government official

Deaths

• 9 May Friedrich Carl von Gram, lord chamberlain and county governor
• 25 May — Vigilius Eriksen, painter
• 17 July - Peter Cramer, painter
• 31 August - Niels Egede - merchant and missionary
• 28October — Princess Charlotte Amalie, princess of Denmark