Events from the 1520s in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch –

Christian II A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words ''Christ'' and ''Ch ...

(until 1523),

Frederick I Frederick I or Friedrich I may refer to: * Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht. * Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978) * Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105) * Frederick I ...

* Steward of the Realm –

Mogens Gøye Mogens Gøye (surname also spelled Gøje
at Lollands-Herregaarde.dk or Gjøe) (ca. 1470 � ...

(from 1523)

Events

1521 * 5 February – the Battle of Falun ignites the

Swedish War of Liberation Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

is captured by Swedish forces. * early April – Danish and Norwegian forces are driven out of Brunnbäck following their defeat at the Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry. * 29 April –

Västerås Västerås () is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Mälaren, Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 158,653, over 100,000 mo ...

is captured by Swedish forces after the defeat of Danish forces in the

Battle of Västerås A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force c ...

. 1523 * 27 May –

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

is captured by Swedish rebels after the defeat of Danish forced at the

Conquest of Kalmar The Conquest of Kalmar () took place on 27 May 1523, during the Swedish War of Liberation (1521-1523). In the beginning of 1523, Kalmar and Stockholm remained as the only real Danish strongholds in Sweden. The situation in Kalmar was tense, wit ...

. * 17 June – the

Conquest of Stockholm The Conquest of Stockholm () was a battle in the Swedish War of Liberation that took place in Stockholm, Sweden on 17 June 1523. The Swedish forces had for a long time laid siege to Stockholm, which was the last Danish stronghold in Sweden. The ...

drives out the last of the Danish forces from

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. * 7 August –

is crowned King after

is forced to abdicate by the nobility. 1524 * 1 September – the

Treaty of Malmö The Treaty of Malmö (), signed on 1 September 1524, ended the Swedish War of Liberation. Frederick I of Denmark, King Frederick I of Denmark–Norway acknowledged Gustav Vasa as the king of Sweden, who in turn renounced claims to Scania and Blekin ...

officially ends the

(1521–1523), ending the

Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then in ...

between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by acknowledging the independent status of Sweden and forming the union of

Denmark–Norway Denmark–Norway (Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian: ) is a term for the 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real unionFeldbæk 1998:11 consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (includ ...

. * Undated

Sæby Sæby () is a town and seaport located on the east coast of the historical region of Vendsyssel on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. The town is located in Frederikshavn municipality in Region Nordjylland. It has a population of 8,9 ...

is incorporated as a market town. 1525 *

Hans Tausen Hans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation in Denmark. He served as Bishop of Ribe and published the first translation of the Pentateuch in ...

begins preaching Lutheran doctrines in Viborg.Dreyer, RHC 2013, ' An Apologia for Luther: The myth of the Danish Luther: Danish reformer Hans Tausen and 'A short answer' (1528/29). '. i P Obitz (red.), The Myth of The Reformation, Refo500 Academic Studies vol. 9, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, p. 211-232. * Tyge Krabbe succeeds

Otte Krumpen Otte Krumpen (1473–1569)E.Ebg. in Westrin, Th. (ed.): ''Nordisk familjebok'', Stockholm, vol. XV (1911), p. 84. was a Danish bureaucrat, who was Marshal of Denmark from 1554 to 1567, and held seignory over various land holdings throughout ...

as Marshal of the Realm.

Births

1520 * 7 January –

Peder Oxe Peder Oxe (''Peder Oxe til Nielstrup''; 7 January 1520 – 24 October 1575) was a Danish finance minister and Steward of the Realm. Background At the age of twelve he was sent abroad to complete his education, and resided at the principal univ ...

, statesman (died

1575 Year 1575 ( MDLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 21 – Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producing printed sheet music, to Thomas Tallis and Will ...

) * 10 May –

Otte Rud Otte Ruud (20 May 1520 11 October 1565) was a Danish-Norwegian admiral during the Northern Seven Years' War, who died in Swedish captivity. He spent his youth in foreign military service, and then held different fiefs from the King. Called up to ...

, admiral during the

Northern Seven Years' War The Northern Seven Years' War (also known as the ''Nordic Seven Years' War'', the ''First Northern War,'' the ''Seven Years' War of the North'' or the ''Seven Years War in Scandinavia'') was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611), K ...

(died

1565 Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the oprichnina (repression of the boyars (aristocrats) ...

) * 10 November – Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Electress Palatine (died

1580 1580 (Roman numerals, MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads ...

) * Undated –

Christen Munk Christen Munk (1520 – July 5, 1579) was a Danish born, Governor-general of Norway and Lists of county governors of Norway, county governor. Biography He came from Danish nobility and was the son of Hans Munk (died 1535) and Maren Christensdatter ...

, Governor-general of Norway (died

1579 Year 1579 ( MDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Monday of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 6 – The Union of Arras unites the s ...

) 1521 * 21 June –

John the Elder John the Presbyter was an obscure figure of the early Catholic Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John and/or John of Patmos. He appears in fragments from the church father Papias of Hierapolis as one of the ...

, prince of Denmark and Duke of

Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev Schleswig-Holstein-Hadersleben was a branch line of the House of Oldenburg, and of the territory held by the Duke of this branch. It was founded in 1544 by John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, John II, as was compensated for not inheriti ...

(died

) * November –

Christina of Denmark Christina of Denmark (; November 1521 – 10 December 1590) was a Denmark, Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of Christian II, King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. By her two marriages, she became List ...

, princess of Denmark and Duchess-consort of Milan (died

1590 Events January–March * January 6 – García Hurtado de Mendoza becomes the new Viceroy of Peru (nominally including most of South America except for Brazil). He will serve until 1596. * January 10 – Construction of th ...

) 1524 * 14 October – Elizabeth of Denmark, princess of Denmark and a Duchess of Mecklenburg (died

1586 Events January – March * January 3 – Augustus of Wettin, the Elector of Saxony, marries Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, the 12-year-old daughter of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt. Augustus dies less than six weeks later. * January ...

) 1525 * 1 September –

Christoffer Valkendorff Christoffer Valkendorff (1 September 152517 January 1601) was a Danish-Norwegian statesman and landowner. His early years in the service of Frederick II brought him both to Norway, Ösel and Livland. He later served both as Treasurer and '' St ...

, statesman (died

1601 This Epoch (reference date)#Computing, epoch is the beginning of the 400-year Gregorian leap-year cycle within which digital files first existed; the last year of any such cycle is the only leap year whose year number is divisible by 100. Jan ...

) 1526 * 25 January –

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf of Denmark or Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 –1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and ...

, prince of Denmark (died

) * 30 April –

Beate Clausdatter Bille Beate Clausdatter Bille (30 April 1526 – 18 October 1605) was a Danish Danish nobility, noblewoman and vassal who was born into the noble Bille (noble family), Bille family and married into the Brahe, Brahe family. As a member of the royal court ...

, noblewoman and

vassal A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain ...

(died

1605 Events January–March * January 1 – William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', copyrighted 1600, is given its earliest recorded performance, and witnessed by the Viscount Dorchester. * January 7 – Shakespeare's play ' ...

) 1528 * Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and

Duchess Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they a ...

consort __NOTOC__ Consort may refer to: Music * "The Consort" (Rufus Wainwright song), from the 2000 album ''Poses'' * Consort of instruments, term for instrumental ensembles * Consort song (musical), a characteristic English song form, late 16th–earl ...

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Wismar and Güstrow. ...

(died

) Undated *

(c. 1520), Governor-general of Norway (died

) *

Povel Huitfeldt Povel Ottesen Huitfeldt (c. 1520 – 21 September 1592) was a Danish-Norwegian governor-general of Norway. Early life Povel Huitfeldt was born around 1520 to Otte Clausen Huitfeldt (who died between 1517 and 1529) and Barbara Eriksdatter Blaa ...

(c. 1520), Governor-general of Norway (died

1592 Events January–March * January 29 – Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini of San Pancrazio is elected as the new Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church after Ludovico Madruzzo and Giulio Antonio Santori withdraw following 19 rounds of ...

) *

Melchior Lorck Melchior Lorck (also Lorch, Lorichs and Lorich; 1526/271583) was a Renaissance painting, painter, drawing, draughtsman, and printmaking, printmaker of Danish-German origin. He produced the most thorough visual record of the life and customs of Tu ...

(c. 1526), painter and printmaker (died c.

1583 Events January–March * January 1 – The Duchy of Savoy adopts the Gregorian Calendar, replacing the Julian Calendar. * January 18 – François, Duke of Anjou, attacks Antwerp. * February 4 – Gebhard Truchsess von ...

)

Deaths

* 8 December 1521 –

Christina of Saxony Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521) was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John. Life Early life Christina was engaged to John, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in 1477. The year after, she trav ...

, Queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1461 in Saxony) * 24 January 1522 – Didrik Slagheck,

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

archbishop of

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

* 30 May 1526 –

Morten Børup Morten Børup (1446–1526) was a Danish educator, cathedral cantor and Latin poet. Early life and education Born in Skanderborg, he first worked as a farm labourer, suffering considerable abuse. When he was 27 he fled to Aarhus, where he mana ...

, educator and writer (born c.

1446 Year 1446 ( MCDXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 2 – (5th waxing of Tabodwe 807 ME) At the city of Taungoo in what is now Myanmar, 14-year-old Minkhaung I become ...

)

References

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16th century in Denmark