1631 in Denmark

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{{Year in Denmark|1631}}

Events from the year 1631 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}}

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.

=Undated=

  • 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

References

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