1838 in Denmark

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Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1838 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1838 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

Bertel Thorvaldsen's reception in Copenhagen on 17 September. Painting by Fritz Westphal.

• 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

• 22 February – Johan Peter Andreas Anker, military officer (died 1876)
• 19 June – Julius Lange, art historian (died 1896)

Deaths

• 13 March – Poul Martin Møller, academic, writer, and poet (born 1794)