1683 in Denmark

Events from the year 1683 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian V
• Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

• The Danish Code is officially completed, providing the first codification of Danish legislation. Some statutes are still active today.

Births

• 17 February Claus Paarss, military officer and governor og Greenland (born 1762)
• 26 October Christian Berregaard, Supreme Court justice, government official and landowner (died 1750)
• 16 November Frederik Fabritius, goldsmith (died 1755)

Full date missing

• Johan Cornelius Krieger, architect (d. 1755)

Deaths

• 16 March - Henrik Bjelke, admiral (born 1615).
• 5 June , statesman (born 1623)

Undated

• Jørgen Iversen Dyppel, governor (b. 1638)

References