1608 in Denmark

Events from the year 1608 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IV

Undated

 * Rumors and accusations about sorcery began to spread in the town of Køge, starting what will eventually turn into the Køge Huskors witch trial.
 * The privy Council and representatives of the Estates support the King in naming Prince Christian heir apparent.
 * A corner bastion–some ten years later adapted into what is now known as Christian IV's Brewhouseis constructed on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen.
 * The Caritas Well is constructed on Gammeltorv in Copenhagen.
 * Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød is expanded with a new east wing (The Princess's Wing).

Births

 * 28 October – Hans Schack, military officer (died 1676)

Full date missing

 * Matthias Hermansen Kalthoff, gunsmith (died 1681)

Deaths

 * 30 January – Jon Jakobsen Venusinus, theologian, naturalist and historian (born c. 1558)