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1634 in Denmark

overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1634

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ63106443 ↗
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Events from the year 1634 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian IV

Events

5 October – The grand wedding of Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony is celebrated in Copenhagen.

22 December – The Copenhagen Skipper's Guild was founded.

Culture

Art

Jørgen Ringnis completes an elaborately carved new pulpit for Stubbekøbing Church.

Births

15 December – Thomas Kingo, bishop, poet and hymn-writer (died 1703).

Deaths

26 March – Jens Hermansson Juel, Danish nobleman who served as Governor-general of Norway (born 1580).

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The public source identifies “1634 in Denmark” as overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1634. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Denmark, overview and Denmark-related.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1634, 1703, 1580—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Denmark, overview and Denmark-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1634 in Denmark” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.