1737 in Denmark

Events from the year 1737 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian VI
• Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

• 28 November Vallø Stift is established.

Births

• 4 February Jørgen Erik Skeel, prime minister of Denmark (died 1795)
• 22 May Ernst Peymann, army officer (died 1823)
• 18 June Else Fenger, businesswoman (died 1811)
• 30 September
• Morten Thrane Brünnich, natural scientist (died 1827)
• Magdalene Bärens, flower painter (died 1808)

Full date missing

• Alexia de Lode, engraver (born 1765)

Deaths

• 6 March Alexander Frederik von Møsting, county governor (born 1650)
• 23 March – Bendix Grodtschilling the Youngest, painter (born 1686)
• 23 August – Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein, noblewoman (born 1667 in Bavaria)
• 9 October Christen Worm, theologian (born 1672)

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