1839 in Denmark

Events from the year 1839 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick VI (until 3 December), then Christian VIII
 * Prime minister – Otto Joachim

January–March

 * 25 January – Frederikke Federspiel, photographer (died 1913)
 * 6 February – Caroline Testman, women's rights activist (d. 1919)
 * 15 February – Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen, mathematician (died 1920)
 * 18 February – Hermann Baagøe Storck, architect (died 1922)
 * 13 March – Tage Reedtz-Thott, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1923)

April–June

 * 10 June – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1912)

July–September

 * 21 August Otto Bache, painter (died 1927)
 * 26 August – Kristen Feilberg, photographer (died 1919)
 * 23 September - Wilhelmine Schröder, royal favorite (died 1924)

October–December

 * 2 October – Hans Smidth, artist (died 1917)
 * 31 November – Niels Steenberg, engineer (died 1915)
 * 4 December – Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone, playwright and salonist (died 1833)

Deaths

 * 29 March – Giuseppe Siboni opera singer and director (b. 1780)
 * 18 August – Bendix Frantz Ludwig Schow, mayor (born 1778)
 * 27 October – Frederik Hauch, Postmaster-General (born 1754)
 * 3 December – Frederick VI, King of Denmark (born 1768)


 * Full date missing
 * Hans Wassard, businessman and landowner (born 1756)