1638 in Denmark

Events from the year 1638 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian IV

Events

 * Sorø is incorporated as a market town.
 * Peder Winstrup is installed as Bishop of Lund.
 * Jesper Brochmand is installed as Bishop of Zealand.

Art

 * Henrik Werner completes the Orebygård altarpiece.
 * Abraham Wuchters moves to Denmark and created a 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).
 * 23 December – Birgitte Skeel, landowner (died 1699)

Full date missing
 * Brita Scheel, noblewoman (died 1699)

Deaths

 * Hans Poulsen Resen, clergy (born 1561)