1631 in Denmark

Events from the year 1631 in Denmark.

← 1630 1629 1628 1631 in Denmark → 1632 1633 1634
Decades:	1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s
See also:	Other events of 1631 List of years in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV^[1]

Events

• 2 June – Frederik III gave 20 Danish-Dutch peasants the rights to settle at Allégade, founding the settlement of "Ny Amager" (New Amager) or "Ny Hollænderby" (New Dutchman-town) in what would later become known as Frederiksberg.

Undated

• Construction of Nyboder begins.^[2]

Births

Peder Syv

• 22 February – Peder Syv, philologist, folklorist and priest, known for his collections of Danish proverbs and folksongs (died 1702).^[3]
• 15 July – Jens Juel, diplomat and statesman (died 1700)

Deaths

• 14 October – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, and mother of King Christian IV (born 1557 in Wismar)