1570s in Denmark
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Events from the 1570s in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch â Frederick II[1]
- Steward of the Realm â Peder Oxe (until 1575)
Events
- 13 December 1570 â the Treaty of Stettin is signed, ending the Northern Seven Years' War.
- 10 May 1572 â Povel Huitfeldt is appointed the first Governor-General of Norway.[2][3]
- 25 June â Oluf Mouritsen Krognos, privy councillor and landowner (born 1535)[4]
- 1574 â King Frederick II begins rebuilding Kronborg, transforming the medieval fortress into a Renaissance castle.[5]
- 1577 â Ludvig Munk is appointed Governor-General of Norway, succeeding Povel Huitfeldt.[6]
- 1579 â The construction of Skovsbo Castle is completed.
Births

- 1571
- 21 January â Johannes Isacius Pontanus, dutch historiographer (died 1639 in the Netherlands)
- Undated â Jonas Charisius, physician, politician, and ambassador (died 1619)
- 1572
- 11 February â Ellen Marsvin, noble, landowner (died 1649)
- 23 November â Albret Skeel, Admiral of the Realm (died 1639)
1573
- 25 August â Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (died 1625 in Germany)
- 1574
- 12 December â Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort of Scotland, England and Ireland (died 1618)
1577
- 12 April â Christian IV, King of Denmark (died 1648)[7]
- 11 October â Jørgen Lunge, Rigsmarsk (died 1619)
- 1578
- 12 April â Otte Steensen Brahe, landowner and money lender (died 1651)[8]
- 11 May â Sophie Axelsdatter Brahe, noblewoman and landowner (1646)
- 30 December â Ulrik of Denmark, duke of Holstein and Schleswig (died 1624 in Germany)[9]
- Undated â Christoffer Dybvad, mathematician (died 1622)[10]
1579
- 6/10 April â Claus Daa, noble and admiral of the realm (died 1641)
- 3 July â Rigborg Brockenhuus, noble (died 1641)
Deaths
- 7 October 1571 â Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark (born 1511 in Germany)
- 26 July 1574 â Birgitte Gøye, Danish noblewoman (born 1511)
- 24 October 1575 â Peder Oxe, statesman (born 1520)
- 11 November 1575 â Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Duchess consort of Mecklenburg (born 1528)
- 15 April 1578 â James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Scottish nobleman, imprisoned in Denmark (born c.â1534)[11]
- 5 July 1579 â Christen Munk, Governor-general of Norway (born 1520)