1530s in Denmark

Events from the 1530s in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick I (until 10 April 1533), Christian III
 * Steward of the Realm — Mogens Gøye

Events
1534 1535
 * May – After Frederik I's death, a war of succession begins between supporters of the Catholic Christian II and the Protestant Christian III. The conflict becomes known as the Count's Feud.
 * 16 October – In the Battles of Svenstrup, Skipper Clement's peasant army, re-enforced with professional soldiers from Count Christoffer, defeats the army of the Jutland nobility that had been sent to crush the revolt.
 * 18 December – A royal army led by Johan Rantzau defeats Clement's men at Aalborg where they have sort refuge. Clement is captured a few days later.
 * 11 June – In the Battle of Øksnebjerg, on the island of Funen, Rantzau decisively defeats the rest of Count Christoffer's army.

1536
 * 29 July – The last supporters of Christian II are defeated, ending the Count's Feud.
 * 30 October
 * The Council of Noblemen agreed to the introduction of the Reformation 30 October 1536
 * Christian III's håndfæstning-

1537
 * Christian III did a coup d'état in Norway and made it a hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark that would last until 1814.
 * 2 September – Peder Palladius is ordained as the first Lutheran bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.

Births
1532 1534 1535 1537
 * 27 March – Eiler Grubbe, statesman and landholder /died 1585)
 * 15 April – Frederick of Denmark, bishop and son of Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania (died 1556)
 * 22 November – Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, princess of Denmark (died 1585 in Saxony)
 * 1 July – Frederick II of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (died 1588)
 * Jacob Ulfeldt, diplomat and privy councillor (died 1593)
 * Niels Kaas, statesman (died 1594)
 * Ludvig Munk, count and governor (died 1602)

Deaths
1530 1533 1536
 * Søren Norby, naval officer
 * 10 April – Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway (born 1470)
 * 3 May – Henrik Gøye, governor and landowner
 * 6 September – Skipper Clement, privater (born 1484)