1837 in Denmark

Events from the year 1837 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

• 7 April - C.A. Reitzel publishes Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Third Booklet (Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte. 1837) containing fairytales such as The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes.

Undated

• The artist Emil Bærentzen founds his own printing business as Em. Bærentzen & Co.'s Lithografiske Institut.

Culture

Music

• B. S. Ingemann publishes Morgensange for Børn with seven morning songs for children as well as Foraarssang ("Storken sidder paa Bondens Tag;"),

Births

• 21 April – Fredrik Bajer, writer (died 1922)
• 4 July Sophus Mads Jørgensen, chemist (died 1914)
• 5 September – Janus la Cour, painter (died 1909)
• 5 November Philip Heyman, businessman (died 1893)
• 26 December Budtz Müller, photographer (born 1884)

Deaths

• 7 January – Erich Erichsen, merchant and ship-owner (born (1752)
• 22 February Frederik Hoppe, landowner (died 1770)
• 15 April – Marie Christine Björn, ballet dancer (born 1763)
• 21 October Hans Nicolai Arctander, county governor (born 1757 in Norway)

• 27 November – Salomon Soldin, publisher and writer (born 1774)

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