1677 in Denmark

Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian V
 * Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

 * 31 December – Christian V establishes the County oif Samsø for mistress Sophie Amalie Moth from the manors of Brattingsborg and Bisgård.

Scanian War

 * 31 May–1 June – the naval Battle of Møn results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
 * 11 June–5 July – Swedish forces hold off the Danish during the Siege of Malmö.
 * 1–2 July – the Battle of Køge Bay results in a decisive Danish victory which helps to establish Niels Juel's reputation.
 * 6–23 July – Danish-Norwegian forces siege the harbor town of Marstrand in the Battle of Marstrand.
 * 14 July – the Battle of Landskrona results in Swedish victory.
 * 28 August – the Battle of Uddevalla results in Danish-Norwegian victory.

Undated

 * Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's mansion which will later become known as Charlottenborg Palace is completed as the first building at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
 * The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks.
 * The Abrahamstrup estate in Hornsherred becomes known as Jægerspris Castle.
 * Thomas Hansen Kingo is appointed Bishop of Funen.
 * Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished Atlas Danicus.

Births

 * 8 August – Princess Sophia Hedwig, Danish princess (d. 1735)

Deaths

 * 26 February – Steen Ottesen Brahe, military officer and landowner (b. 1623)
 * 24 May – Anders Bording, poet and journalist (b. 1619)
 * 9 August – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1623)