Events from the year 1837 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Frederick VI
Prime minister – Otto Joachim
Events
7 April - C.A. Reitzel publishes Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection. Third Booklet (Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Tredie Hefte. 1837) containing fairytales such as The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes.
Undated
The artist Emil Bærentzen founds his own printing business as Em. Bærentzen & Co.'s Lithografiske Institut.
Culture
Music
B. S. Ingemann publishes Morgensange for Børn with seven morning songs for children as well as Foraarssang ("Storken sidder paa Bondens Tag;"),
Births
18 March — Marie Christine Björn, ballet dancer (born 1763) 21 April – Fredrik Bajer, writer (died 1922) 4 July Sophus Mads Jørgensen, chemist (died 1914) 5 September – Janus la Cour, painter (died 1909) 5 November Philip Heyman, businessman (died 1893)
Deaths
7 January – Erich Erichsen, merchant and ship-owner (born (1752) 27 November – Salomon Soldin, publisher and writer (born 1774)