Events from the year 1782 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch — Christian VII Prime minister — Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Events 22 June HDMS Det Store Bælt is launched at Bodenhoffs Plads in Copenhagen.
Undated
Births
12 March Andreas Christian Kierulff, chief of police (died 1846) 26 March Johan Carl Modeweg, industrialist (died 1849) 2 April Johannes West, colonial administrator (died 1835) 29 June Hans Christian Lyngbye, priest and botanist (died 1837) 12 August Ole Johansen Winstrup, engineer and inventor (died 1867) 9 September Andreas Andersen Feldborg, author (died 1838 in Danzig) 11 October – Steen Steensen Blicher, author (died 1848) 1 November – Adam Ditlev Wedell-Wedellsborg, government official (died 1827) 2 December Sixtus Aspach, titular bishop (died 1739)
Deaths
9 May Friedrich Carl von Gram, lord chamberlain and county governor (born 1702) 25 May — Vigilius Eriksen, painter (born 1722) 17 July – Peter Cramer, painter (born 1726) 31 August – Niels Egede – merchant and missionary (born 1710) 28October — Princess Charlotte Amalie, princess of Denmark (born 1706)
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