1540s in Denmark
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Events from the 1540s in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Christian III[1]
- Steward of the Realm â Mogens Gøye (until 1544), Eske Bille (from 1547)
Events
- 1541
- The Royal Mint relocates to the former St. Clare's Priory in Copenhagen.
- Eriksen Banner succeeds Tyge Krabbe as Marshal of the Realm.
Births
- 1540
- 5 September â Magnus, Duke of Holstein, prince of Denmark and titular King of Livonia (died 1583 in Latvia)
- 1542
- 9 November 1542 â Anders Sørensen Vedel, priest and historiographer (died 1616)
- 1543
- Anders Foss, bishop (died 1607)[2]
- 1544
- 26 November â Hans Christensen Sthen, clergy (died 1610)
- 1545
- 25 March â John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)
- 29 June â Dorothea of Denmark, duchess (died 1617 in Germany)
- 1546
- 11 September 1546 â Arild Huitfeldt, historian (died 1609)
- 14 December â Tycho Brahe, astronomer (died 1601)
1547
- 21 December â Steen Ottesen Brahe, privy counsellor and landowner (died 1620)
- 1548
- Magnus Heinason, Faroese sailor and privateer (died 1589)
Date unknown
- Axel Gyldenstierne (c. 1542), Governor-general of Norway (died 1603)
- Ingeborg Skeel (c. 1545), landowner and county sheriff (died 1604)
Deaths
- 1543
- Gyde Spandemager, alleged witch
- 1544
- 6 April â Mogens Gøye, statesman (born c. 1470)
- 1547
- Jørgen Friis, clergy