1738 in Denmark

Events from the year 1738 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Births

 * Enevold Brandt - Danish courtier (d. 1772)

Deaths

 * 11 June - Caspar Bartholin the Younger, anatomist (born 1655)
 * 18 November – Hendrick Krock, painter to the Danish Court (born 1671)

Full date unknown

 * March - Margrethe Lasson, (first ever Danish) novelist (born 1659)