1838 in Denmark
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Incumbents

  • Monarch – HM Frederick VI
    Frederick VI of Denmark
    Frederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...

  • Prime minister – Otto Joachim
    Otto Joachim (politician)
    Otto Joachim, greve Moltke til Stridfeld og Walkendorf was the Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842. He was descended from Adam Gottlob Moltke, who had exercised extensive political power during the reign of Frederick V....


Events

  • September 17 – After almost four decades in Rome
    Rome
    Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

    , Bertel Thorvaldsen
    Bertel Thorvaldsen
    Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish-Icelandic sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy . Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means, and was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old...

    , accompanied by his art collections and most of his own works, returns to Copenhagen
    Copenhagen
    Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

     on board the frigate and where he is received to extensive celebrations.

Deaths

  • March 13 – Poul Martin Møller
    Poul Martin Møller
    Poul Martin Møller was a Danish academic, writer, and poet. During his lifetime, he gained renown in Denmark for his poetry. After his death, his posthumously published fiction and philosophical writings were well received. He also devoted several decades of study to classical languages and...

    , academic, writer, and poet (b. 1794
    1794 in Denmark
    -Incumbents:* Monarch – HM Christian VII* Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Events:* January 3 – Aarhus Stiftstidende, a local mewspaper nased in Aarhus, is published for the first time....

    )

See also

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