1638 in Denmark
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Events from the year 1638 in Denmark.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Christian IV[1]
Events
[edit]- Sorø is incorporated as a market town.[2]
- Peder Winstrup is installed as Bishop of Lund.
- Jesper Brochmand is installed as Bishop of Zealand.
Culture
[edit]Art
[edit]- Henrik Werner completes the Orebygård altarpiece.
- Abraham Wuchters moves to Denmark and created a portrait of Christian IV.[3]
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Orebygård altarpiece -
Abraham Wuchters' 1638 portrait of Christian IV.
Publications
[edit]- 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
Births
[edit]- 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).[4]
- 23 December – Birgitte Skeel, landowner (died 1699)[5]
Full date missing
- Brita Scheel, noblewoman (died 1699)
Deaths
[edit]- Hans Poulsen Resen, clergy (born 1561)
References
[edit]- ^ "Christian IV: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Sorø". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Abraham Wuchters" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ Fabricius, Knud (1958). Skaanes overhang fra Danmark til Sverige II (in Danish). Copenhagen. pp. 122–124.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Birgitte Skeel". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
