title: 1741 in Denmark
text: # 1741 in Denmark
  
  Events from the year 1741 in Denmark.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Christian VI
  * Prime minister – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg
  
  ## Events
  
  * 13 January – The Conventicle Act of 1741 is enacted.
  * 6 May – HDMS Elephanten is launched at the Royal Danish Dockyard.
  
  ### Undated
  
  The Copenhagen Stocks House is opened to civilian prisoners.
  
  ## Culture
  
  * Ludvig Holberg's Niels Klim's Underground Travels is published.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 3 February – Charlotte Elisabeth Henriette Holstein, courtier (died 1809)
  * 16 February – Margrethe von der Lühe, courtier (died 1826)
  
  ### Full date unknown
  
  * Cornelius Høyer, miniatures painter (died 1804)
  