1837 in Denmark

Events from the year 1837 in Denmark.

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Decades:	1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1837 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick VI^[1]
• Prime minister – Otto Joachim

Events

• 7 April - C.A. Reitzel publishes Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Third Booklet (Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte. 1837) containing fairytales such as The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes.

Undated

• The artist Emil Bærentzen founds his own printing business as Em. Bærentzen & Co.'s Lithografiske Institut.

Culture

Music

• B. S. Ingemann publishes Morgensange for Børn with seven morning songs for children as well as Foraarssang ("Storken sidder paa Bondens Tag;"),

Births

• 21 April – Fredrik Bajer, writer (died 1922)
• 4 July – Sophus Mads Jørgensen, chemist (died 1914)
• 5 September – Janus la Cour, painter (died 1909)
• 5 November – Philip Heyman, businessman (died 1893)

Deaths

• 7 January – Erich Erichsen, merchant and ship-owner (born (1752)
• 15 April – Marie Christine Björn, ballet dancer (born 1763)
• 27 November – Salomon Soldin, publisher and writer (born 1774)