1783 in Denmark

Events from the year 1783 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Ove Høegh-Guldberg

Events

 * 5 July – HDMS Friderichsværn'' is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.

Births

 * 2 January – Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter (d. 1858)
 * 11 May – Peter Willemoes, naval officer (d. 1808)
 * 15 August – Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein Stub, painter (died 1816)
 * 8 September – N. F. S. Grundtvig, pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician (d. 1872)
 * 8 October – Christian Molbech, historian and editor (d. 1857)

Deaths

 * 14 April – Abraham Pelt, industrialist and philanthropist (born 1695)
 * 15 June – Ludvig Harboe, theologian and bishop (born 1709)
 * 18 August – Joachim Melchior Magens, colonial administrator and planter (born 1715)
 * 17 December – Gysbert Behagen, merchant (born 1725)