1638 in Denmark

The following events occurred in Denmark in the year 1638.

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}}

Sorø is incorporated as a market town.{{cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Sor%C3%B8|title=Sorø|website=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=16 June 2022|language=da}}
Peder Winstrup is installed as Bishop of Lund.
Jesper Brochmand is installed as Bishop of Zealand.

Henrik Werner completes the Orebygård altarpiece.
Abraham Wuchters moves to Denmark and created a portrait of Christian IV.{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Billedkunst/Billedkunst,_nordisk_barok_og_rokoko/Abraham_Wuchters|title=Abraham Wuchters|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2010-09-17|language=da}}

File:Altertavle fra herregården Orebygårds kapel.jpg|Orebygård altarpiece

File:Christian IV (Abraham Wuchters).jpg|Abraham Wuchters' 1638 portrait of Christian IV.

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Problemata duo Geometrica
Jesper Brochmand, Päpstischer Warheit (1638)
Jesper Brochmand, Sabbati sanctificatio aller Gudelig Betaenkning over alle Evangelier og Epistler paa Sondage og alle hellige Dage

1 January – Nicolas Steno, scientist (died 1686)
25 February – Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, governor of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (died 1683)
20 July – Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, statesman (died 1704).{{Cite book|last=Fabricius|first=Knud|title=Skaanes overhang fra Danmark til Sverige II|year=1958|location=Copenhagen|pages=122–124|language=da}}
23 December – Birgitte Skeel, landowner (died 1699){{cite web|url=https://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Birgitte_Skeel|title=Birgitte Skeel|language=da|website=Kulturstyrelsen|access-date=16 June 2022}}

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