1530s in Denmark

Events from the 1530s in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Frederick I (until 10 April 1533),{{cite web|title=Frederick I: king of Denmark and Norway|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-I-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}} Christian III{{cite web|title=Christian III: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-III|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}
Steward of the Realm — Mogens Gøye

1534

May – After Frederik I's death, a war of succession begins between supporters of the Catholic Christian II and the Protestant Christian III. The conflict becomes known as the Count's Feud.
16 October – In the Battles of Svenstrup, Skipper Clement's peasant army, re-enforced with professional soldiers from Count Christoffer, defeats the army of the Jutland nobility that had been sent to crush the revolt.
18 December – A royal army led by Johan Rantzau defeats Clement's men at Aalborg where they have sort refuge. Clement is captured a few days later.

1535

11 June – In the Battle of Øksnebjerg, on the island of Funen, Rantzau decisively defeats the rest of Count Christoffer's army.

1536

File:Christian 3´s håndfæstning 02.jpg

29 July {{ndash}} The last supporters of Christian II are defeated, ending the Count's Feud.
30 October
The Council of Noblemen agreed to the introduction of the Reformation 30 October 1536
Christian III's håndfæstning-

1537

Christian III did a coup d'état in Norway and made it a hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark that would last until 1814.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
2 September – Peder Palladius is ordained as the first Lutheran bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.

1532

27 March {{ndash}} Eiler Grubbe, statesman and landholder /died 1585)
15 April – Frederick of Denmark, bishop and son of Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania (died 1556)
22 November – Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, princess of Denmark (died 1585 in Saxony)

1534

1 July – Frederick II of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (died 1588){{cite web|title=Frederick II {{!}} king of Denmark and Norway|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-king-of-Denmark-and-Norway|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}

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1533

10 April – Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway (born 1470)
3 May {{ndash}} Henrik Gøye, governor and landowner{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Henrik_G%C3%B8ye|title=Henrik Gøye|language=Danish|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=16 June 2022}}

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