Events from the year 1839 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederick VI (until 3 December), then Christian VIII Prime minister – Otto Joachim
Events January 8 January By Roual Order of 8 January 1738, sletdaler (coin) is replaced by the kurantdaler (= 4 mark à 16 skilling).
December 3 December – Frederick VI dies, and Christian VIII becomes King of Denmark
Births JanuaryMarch 8 January – Anna Henriette Levinsohn, opera singer (died 1899) 25 January – Frederikke Federspiel, photographer (died 1913) 6 February – Caroline Testman, women's rights activist (died 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)
AprilJune 10 June – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, politician, prime minister of Denmark (died 1912)
JulySeptember 21 August Otto Bache, painter (died 1927) 26 August – Kristen Feilberg, photographer (died 1919) 23 September - Wilhelmine Schröder, royal favorite (died 1924)
OctoberDecember 2 October – Hans Smidth, artist (died 1917) 12 October Frederik Bergmann Larsen, physician (born 1916) 31 November Niels Steenberg, engineer (died 1915) 4 December Louise Hegermann-Lindencrone, playwright and salonist (died 1833)
Deaths 7 January Adam Gottlob von Krogh, military officer (born 1978 in Norway) 29 March – Giuseppe Siboni opera singer and director (born 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)
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