1744 in Denmark

Events from the year 1744 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Undated

 * Crown prince Frederick's renovation of the Prince's Mansion is completed.
 * The new Hirschholm Palace is completed.
 * Den danske Spectator is first published.

Births

 * 21 February - Cathrine Marie Møller, artist (died 1811)
 * 6 March - Otto Fabricius, missionary, naturalist, ethnographer and explorer (died 1822)
 * 29 April – Christian Ludvig von Holten, colonial administrator (died 1829)
 * 19 March – William Halling, landowner (died 1796)
 * 19 November - Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen, chief justice of Supreme Court (died 1802)
 * Marie Barch, first native Danish ballerina (died 1827)
 * Elisabeth Christine Berling, businessperson (died 1801)

Deaths

 * 14 January – Henrich Suhm, naval officer and colonial administrator (born 16i3)