1797 in Denmark

• Monarch – Christian VII • Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff (until 21 June), Christian Günther von Bernstorff ==Events==

;March • 1 March Kreditkassen for Husejere i Kjøbenhavn is founded by royal resolution. ;May • 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. ;July • 5 July – Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow, is appointed to Minister of the State. ==Culture==

Art • Jens Juel paints Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe. File:Jens Juel - Niels Ryberg with his Son Johan Christian and his Daughter-in-Law Engelke, née Falbe - Google Art Project.jpg|Juel's Ruberg family portrait. ==Births==

• 1 May Ernst Meyer, politician (died 1751) • 22 May – Eleonora Zrza, opera soprano (died 1862) • 20 June – Georg Frederik Ursin, mathematician and astronomer (died 1849) • 29 July Sophus August Wilhelm Stein, pyusician (died 1868) • 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) ==Deaths==

• 2 January Adolph Sigfried von der Osten, diplomat (born 1726) . • 5 April Georg Mathias Fuchs, painter (born 1719) • 28 May – Marie Cathrine Preisler, stage actress (born 1761) • 20 June Henrik Fisker, naval officer (born 1720) • 21 June – Andreas Peter Bernstorff, politician (born 1735) • 29 August – Mariane Bournonville, ballet dancer (born 1768) • 5 December Steen Andersen Bille, naval officer (died 1883) • 19 December – Jørgen Wichfeld, landowner (born 1729) ==References==