1837 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1837 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1837 in Denmark.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch – Frederick VI^[1]
• 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[]

Births[]

18 March — Marie Christine Björn, ballet dancer (born 1763)

• 21 April – Fredrik Bajer, writer (died 1922)
• 5 September – Janus la Cour, painter (died 1909)

Deaths[]

• 7 January – Erich Erichsen, merchant and ship-owner (born (1752)
• 27 November – Salomon Soldin, publisher and writer (born 1774)

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