1605 in Denmark

Events from the year 1605 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian IV{{cite web|title=Christian IV: Scandinavian king|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-IV|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=19 November 2019|language=en}}

31 March {{ndash}} Isaac Pieterszoon van Amsterdam is appointed 'commissioner of the Sound', to ensure that Dutch trade ships would return to the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.gahetna.nl/actueel/nieuws/2005/vierhonderd-jaar-betrekkingen-denemarken|title=Vierhonderd jaar betrekkingen met Denemarken|date=2005-03-31|publisher=Nationaal Archief|access-date=2023-02-17|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419215308/http://www.gahetna.nl/actueel/nieuws/2005/vierhonderd-jaar-betrekkingen-denemarken|url-status=dead}}

Christian IV's 1st Greenland Expedition, consisting of the ships Trist Den Røde Løve and Katten, commanded by John Cunningham, is sent to Greenland to reestablish contact with the lost Norse settlements and then to exploit the silver and gold ore supposedly returned by the first expedition.

6 April {{ndash}} Simon Paulli, physician and naturalist (died 1680)
10 April {{ndash}} Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, prince of Denmark (died 1647)
30 April {{ndash}} Peder Winstrup, clergy (died 1679)

18 October {{ndash}} Beate Clausdatter Bille, noblewoman and Chief Lady-in-Waiting (born 1526)