1662 in Denmark

Events from the year 1662 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederick III

Events

• 19 February – A royal decree introduces the subdivision Amt as a replacement for the len subdivision.

Undated

• First Danish cadastral survey is completed over the summer.

Births

• 22 June Peter Rodsteen, government official and landowner (died 1714)
• 29 June Frederik Vind, landowner and diocesan governor (died 1702)

Deaths

• 8 April – Birgitte Thott, translator, writer and feminist (born 1610)

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