1530s in Denmark

Events from the 1530s in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick I (until 10 April 1533), Christian III
• Steward of the Realm — Mogens Gøye

Events

1534

• May – After Frederik I's death, a war of succession begins between supporters of the Catholic Christian II and the Protestant Christian III. The conflict becomes known as the Count's Feud.
• 16 October – In the Battles of Svenstrup, Skipper Clement's peasant army, re-enforced with professional soldiers from Count Christoffer, defeats the army of the Jutland nobility that had been sent to crush the revolt.
• 18 December – A royal army led by Johan Rantzau defeats Clement's men at Aalborg where they have sort refuge. Clement is captured a few days later.

1535

• 11 June – In the Battle of Øksnebjerg, on the island of Funen, Rantzau decisively defeats the rest of Count Christoffer's army.

1536

• 29 July The last supporters of Christian II are defeated, ending the Count's Feud.
• 30 October
• The Council of Noblemen agreed to the introduction of the Reformation 30 October 1536
• Christian III's hÃ¥ndfæstning-

1537

• Christian III did a coup d'état in Norway and made it a hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark that would last until 1814.
• 2 September – Peder Palladius is ordained as the first Lutheran bishop of the Diocese of Zealand.

Births

1532

• 27 March Eiler Grubbe, statesman and landholder /died 1585)
• 15 April – Frederick of Denmark, bishop and son of Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania (died 1556)
• 22 November – Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, princess of Denmark (died 1585 in Saxony)

1534

• 1 July – Frederick II of Denmark, king of Denmark and Norway (died 1588)

1535

• 13 March Oluf Mouridsen Krognos, privy councillor and landowner (died 1573)

• Jacob Ulfeldt, diplomat and privy councillor (died 1593)
• Niels Kaas, statesman (died 1594)

1537

• Ludvig Munk, count and governor (died 1602)

Deaths

1530

• Søren Norby, naval officer

1533

• 10 April – Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway (born 1470)
• 3 May Henrik Gøye, governor and landowner

1535

• Gustav Trolle, clergy (born 1488 in Sweden)

1536

• 6 September – Skipper Clement, privateer (born 1484)

1537

• Jens Andersen Beldenak, clergy

References