1783 in Denmark

Incumbents

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

Events

• 5 July HDMS Friderichsværn is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.

Births

• 2 January – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter
• 11 May – Peter Willemoes, naval officer
• 15 August Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, painter
• 8 September – N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician
• 8 October – Christian Molbech, historian and editor

Deaths

• 14 April - Abraham Pelt, industrialist and philanthropist
• 15 June – Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop
• 18 August Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and planter
• 12 November Bartholomæus de Cederfeld, county governor