1838 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

• 17 September – After almost four decades in Rome, Bertel Thorvaldsen, accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 1 February Christian Blache, painter
• 6 February – Johan Peter Christian Hansen, businessman
• 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer
• 26 February – Magda von Dolcke, actress

AprilJune

• 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian

JulySeptember

• 10 July Philip Schou, businessman
• 16 July Ejler Andreas Jorgensen, painter
• 31 July – Vilhelm Rosenstand, artist

Deaths

• 13 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet
• 20 April – Marie Kofoed, businessperson and philanthropist