1839 in Denmark

Events from the year 1839 in Denmark.

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Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1839 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI (until 3 December), then Christian VIII
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

King Frederick VI lying on lit de parade

Births

January–March

• 25 January – Frederikke Federspiel, photographer (died 1913)
• 6 February – Caroline Testman, women's rights activist (d. 1919)
• 15 February – Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen , mathematician (died 1920)
• 18 February – Hermann Baagøe Storck, architect (died 1922)
• 13 March – Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1923)

April–June

• 10 June – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1912)

July–September

• 21 August Otto Bache, painter (died 1927)
• 26 August – Kristen Feilberg, photographer (died 1919)
• 23 September - Wilhelmine Schröder, royal favorite (died 1924)

October–December

• 2 October – Hans Smidth, artist (died 1917)
• 31 November – Niels Steenberg, engineer (died 1915)
• 4 December – Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone, playwright and salonist (died 1833)

Deaths

• 29 March – Giuseppe Siboni opera singer and director (b. 1780)
• 18 August – Bendix Frantz Ludwig Schow, mayor (born 1778)
• 27 October – Frederik Hauch, Postmaster-General (born 1754)
• 3 December – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (born 1768)

Full date missing

• Hans Wassard, businessman and landowner (born 1756)