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.

  Undated

Births

• 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer
• 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian

  Deaths

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