1720 in Denmark

Events from the year 1720 in Denmark.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 8 April – The County of Gyldensteen on Funen is established by Jean Henri Huguetan Gyldensteen from the manors of Gyldensteen, Sandagergård, Oregård, Hugget, Harritslevgård, Uggerslevgård and Jerstrup.
 * 3 July – The Treaty of Frederiksborg is signed at Frederiksborg Castle, ending the Great Northern War.

Births

 * 4 January – Henrik Fisker (died 1797)
 * 1 August – Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin, Supreme Court justice and landowner (died 1778)

Undated

 * Johannes Rach, painter (died 1783 in the Dutch East Indies)
 * Else Hansen, royal mistress (died 1784)

Deaths

 * 5 July – Berte Skeel, noblewoman (born 1644)