1717 in Denmark

Events from the year 1717 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Frederick IV
 * Grand Chancellor – Christian Christophersen Sehested

Events

 * 13–14 May – Battle of Gothenburg, battle of the Great Northern War.
 * 25 December – The Christmas Flood of 1717 affects the west coast of Sønderjylland.

Undated

 * Planters move from Saint Thomas to Saint John. leading to Denmark claiming the island in 1718.

Births

 * 27 October – Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm, jurist and government official (died 1781)

Deaths

 * 1 July – Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (born 1647)
 * 21 December – Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, general (born 1641)