1631 in Denmark
Incumbents
Events
- 2 June {{ndash}} 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.
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- Construction of Nyboder begins.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nyboder|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi |publisher=Gyldendal|location=Copenhagen|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_historie/K%C3%B8benhavns_historie/Nyboder|language=da|access-date=19 November 2019}}
Births
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- 22 February – Peder Syv, philologist, folklorist and priest, known for his collections of Danish proverbs and folksongs (died 1702).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Syv, Peder Pedersen|page=934|encyclopedia=Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon|volume=22|year=1927|edition=2|editor=Blangstrup, Chr.|editor-link=Christian Blangstrup|publisher=J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel|location=Copenhagen|language=da|url=https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/22/0956.html|access-date=17 June 2016 }}
- 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)
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