1797 in Denmark

Events from the year 1797 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian VII
 * Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June), Christian Günther von Bernstorff

Events

 * 1 March – Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.
 * 16 May – HDMS Najaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli.
 * 21 June – Prime Minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff dies, and is replaced by his son, Christian Günther von Bernstorff.
 * 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.

Art

 * Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.

Births

 * 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862)
 * 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849)
 * 7 October – Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died 1861)
 * 20 August – Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died 1871)
 * 25 August – Henrik Hertz, poet during the Danish Golden Age (died 1870)

Deaths

 * 5 April – Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719)
 * 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761)
 * 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735)
 * 20 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768)
 * 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729)