1540s in Denmark

Events from the 1540s in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian III
 * Steward of the Realm – Mogens Gøye (until 1544), Eske Bille (from 1547)

Events

 * 1541


 * The Royal Mint relocates to the former St. Clare's Priory in Copenhagen.
 * Eriksen Banner succeeds Tyge Krabbe as Marshal of the Realm.

Births
1547
 * 1540
 * 5 September – Magnus, Duke of Holstein, prince of Denmark and titular King of Livonia (died 1583 in Latvia)
 * 1542
 * 9 November 1542 – Anders Sørensen Vedel, priest and historiographer (died 1616)
 * 1543
 * Anders Foss, bishop (died 1607)
 * 1545
 * 25 March – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622)
 * 29 June – Dorothea of Denmark, duchess (died 1617 in Germany)
 * 1546
 * 11 September 1546 – Arild Huitfeldt, historian (died 1609)
 * 14 December – Tycho Brahe, astronomer (died 1601)


 * 21 December – Steen Ottesen Brahe, privy counsellor and landowner (died 1620)
 * 1548
 * Magnus Heinason, Faroese sailor and privateer (died 1589)

Date unknown
 * Axel Gyldenstierne (c. 1542), Governor-general of Norway (died 1603)
 * Ingeborg Skeel (c. 1545), landowner and county sheriff (died 1604)

Deaths

 * 1543 – Gyde Spandemager, alleged witch
 * April 6 1544 – Mogens Gøye, statesman (born c. 1470)