Frederik von Scholten (8 April 1796 – 22 December 1853) was a Danish naval officer, customs inspector and amateur artist who is today mostly remembered for his drawings and watercolours from the Danish West Indies where he worked as customs inspector from 1834.

Frederik von Scholten was sent to the US to complete his schooling and from 1808 attended the Royal Naval Officers Academy in Copenhagen.

He visited the Danish West Indies again in 1833 and settled permanently as a customs inspector in Frederiksstad on St. Croix from 1834.

[2] Frederik von Scholten collected his drawings and watercolours in two sketch books with a total of 163 works from the period 1821–46.

Two other works, a water colour entitled View East from Bülowsminde (1834) and the Frederiksted, are now kept in the National Museum of Denmark.