1626 in Denmark

Events from the year 1626 in Denmark.

← 1625 1624 1623 1626 in Denmark → 1627 1628 1629
Decades:	1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s
See also:	Other events of 1626 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV^[1]

Events

Depiction of the Battle of Lutter, which saw members of the Catholic League defeat an army led by Christian IV of Denmark in 1626

• 27 August – The Battle of Lutter.
• 25 April – The Battle of Dessau Bridge.

Undated

• Christian IV initiates the construction of Sankt Annæ Skans on the coast north of Copenhagen.
• Hans Poulsen Resen succeeds Christen Sørensen Longomontanus as rector of the University of Copenhagen.

Births

• 7 April – Ole Borch, scientist, physician, grammarian, and poet (died 1690)
• 15 July Christiane Sehested, daughter of Christian IV (died 1670)
• 15 July – Hedevig Ulfeldt daughter of Christian IV (died 1678)

Full date missing

• Christian Foss, physician and Supreme Court justice (died 1680)
• Abel Cathrine, courtier and philanthropist (died 1676)

Deaths

Full date unknown

• Hans Nielsen, composer (born 1559)