1747 in Denmark

Events from the year 1747 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick V
 * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg

Events

 * 4 September – The coronation of Frederick V of Denmark at Frederiksborg Chapel.

Date unknown

 * Count Adam Gottlob Moltke was made a privy councillor by Frederick V, who gave him the estate of Bregentved.
 * Skagen's first lighthouse is inaugurated to designs by Philip de Lange.
 * Frederiksdal House is completed as the earliest example of a maison de plaisance in Denmark.

Births

 * 5 January – Frederik Ludvig Bang, physician (died 1820)
 * 10 July – Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, electress of Hesse-Kassel (died 1820 in Germany)
 * 4 August – Olfert Fischer, vice admiral (died 1829)
 * 4 December – Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann, politician, businessman and patron (died 1831)