1797 in Denmark

Decades:	1770s; 1780s; 1790s; 1800s; 1810s;
See also:	Other events of 1797; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1797 in Denmark.

Incumbents

16 May: HDMS Najaden in combat off Tripoli.

1 March – Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.^[4]
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.^[3]
5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State.

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

22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862)^[5]
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)^[6]

^ "Christian VII - Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Andreas Peter, Greve (count) von Bernstorff - Danish foreign minister". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Christian Günther, count von Bernstorff - Danish diplomat". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ Andersen, Ernst. "Creating Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn" (PDF). ku.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ Stewart, Jon Bartley (2009). Kierkegaard and the Renaissance and Modern Traditions: Literature, drama, and music. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 289. ISBN 9780754668206.
^ "Korssömsmönster". digitaltmuseum.se. Retrieved 10 May 2018.