1638 in Denmark

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See also:	Other events of 1638 List of years in Denmark

The following events occurred in Denmark in the year 1638.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian IV ^[1]

Events

• 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

Art

• 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
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  Abraham Wuchters' 1638 portrait of Christian IV.

Publications

• 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

• 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

• Hans Poulsen Resen, clergy (born 1561)

References

1. "Christian IV: Scandinavian king". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Sorø". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.
3. "Abraham Wuchters" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
4. Fabricius, Knud (1958). Skaanes overhang fra Danmark til Sverige II (in Danish). Copenhagen: Nordisk forlag. pp. 122–124.
5. "Birgitte Skeel". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.