1791 in Denmark

Events from the year 1791 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Events

 * 10 September – HDMS Lougen (1791), a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.

Undated

 * Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.

Art

 * Jens Juel paints The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel

Births

 * 9 March – Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman (died 1877)
 * 5 April – Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer (died 1849)
 * 19 June – Henriette Jørgensen, actor (died 1847)
 * 17 December – Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (died 1875)

Deaths

 * 2 July – Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator (born 1718)
 * 25 November – Magnus Theiste, government official (born 1725)