title: 1791 in Denmark
text: # 1791 in Denmark
  
  Events from the year 1791 in Denmark.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Christian VII
  * Prime minister – Andreas Peter Bernstorff
  
  ## Events
  
  * 10 September – HDMS Lougen, a brig of 18 guns, is launched from the shipyard at Nyholm in Copenhagen.
  
  ### Undated
  
  * Døtreskolen af 1791 is founded.
  
  ## Culture
  
  ### Art
  
  * Jens Juel paints The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel
  * Juel:The Artist and his Wife Rosine, née Dørschel
  
  ## Births
  
  * 9 March – Nicolai Jonathan Meinert, businessman (died 1877)
  * 5 April – Christian Tuxen Falbe, naval officer and explorer (died 1849)
  * 19 June – Henriette Jørgensen, actor (died 1847)
  * 17 December – Birgitte Andersen, stage actor and ballet dancer (died 1875)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 2 July – Søren Abildgaard, naturalist, writer and illustrator (born 1718)
  * 25 November – Magnus Theiste, government official (born 1725)
  