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← 1796 1795 1794 1797 in Denmark → 1798 1799 1800
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See also:	Other events of 1797 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year1797 inDenmark.

• Monarch –Christian VII^[1]
• Prime minister –Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June),^[2]Christian Günther von Bernstorff^[3]

• 1 March –Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution.^[4]
• 16 May –HDMSNajaden in battle with local ships off Tripoli.
• 21 June – Prime MinisterAndreas 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 paintsNiels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe.

• 
  Juel's Ruberg family portrait.

• 22 May –Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died1862)^[5]
• 20 June –Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died1849)
• 7 October –Peter Georg Bang, politician and jurist, prime minister of Denmark (died1861)
• 20 August –Johan Frederik Møller, painter and photographer (died1871)
• 25 August –Henrik Hertz, poet during theDanish Golden Age (died1870)^[6]

• 5 April –Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719)
• 28 May –Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born1761)
• 21 June –Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born1735)^[2]
• 20 August –Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born1768)
• 19 December –Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born1729)

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