1540s in Denmark

none Events from the 1540s in Denmark. Incumbents Monarch – Christian IIIChristian III: Scandinavian king https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-III Encyclopedia Britannica 19 November 2019 en Steward of the Realm – Mogens Gøye (until 1544), Eske Bille (from 1547) Events 1541 The Royal Mint relocates to the former St. Clare's Priory in Copenhagen. Eriksen Banner succeeds Tyge Krabbe as Marshal of the Realm. Births 1540 5 September – Magnus, Duke of Holstein, prince of Denmark and titular King of Livonia (died 1583 in Latvia) 1542 9 November 1542 – Anders Sørensen Vedel, priest and historiographer (died 1616) 1543 Anders Foss, bishop (died 1607) https://runeberg.org/dbl/5/0262.html Foss, Anders Carl Frederik Bricka Carl Frederik Bricka Dansk biografisk Lexikon 9 November 2019 da 1544 26 November – Hans Christensen Sthen, clergy (died 1610) 1545 25 March – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (died 1622) 29 June – Dorothea of Denmark, duchess (died 1617 in Germany) 1546 11 September 1546 – Arild Huitfeldt, historian (died 1609) 14 December – Tycho Brahe, astronomer (died 1601) 1547 21 December – Steen Ottesen Brahe, privy counsellor and landowner (died 1620) 1548 Magnus Heinason, Faroese sailor and privateer (died 1589) Date unknown Axel Gyldenstierne (c. 1542), Governor-general of Norway (died 1603) Ingeborg Skeel (c. 1545), landowner and county sheriff (died 1604) Deaths 1543 Gyde Spandemager, alleged witch 1544 6 April – Mogens Gøye, statesman (born c. 1470) 1547 Jørgen Friis, clergy References 1540 Denmark Category:16th century in Denmark