1638 in Denmark
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IV[1]
Events
- Sorø is incorporated as a market town.[2]
- Peder Winstrup is installed as Bishop of Lund.
- Jesper Brochmand is installed as Bishop of Zealand.
Culture
Art
- Henrik Werner completes the Orebygård altarpiece.
- Abraham Wuchters moves to Denmark and created a portrait of Christian IV.[3]
Orebygård altarpiece
Abraham Wuchters' 1638 portrait of Christian IV.
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Publications
- Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Problemata duo Geometrica
- Jesper Brochmand, Päpstischer Warheit (1638)
- Jesper Brochmand, Sabbati sanctificatio aller Gudelig Betaenkning over alle Evangelier og Epistler paa Sondage og alle hellige Dage
Births
- 1 January – Nicolas Steno, scientist (died 1686)
- 25 February – Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (died 1683)
- 20 July – Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, statesman (died 1704).[4]
- 23 December – Birgitte Skeel, landowner (died 1699)[5]
Full date missing
- Brita Scheel, noblewoman (died 1699)
Deaths
- Hans Poulsen Resen, clergy (born 1561)