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1679 in Denmark

overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1679

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4551790 ↗
Source-derived summary

Events from the year 1679 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian V

Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt

Events

2 September – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends hostilities between Denmark-Norway and the Swedish Empire in the Scanian War. Denmark, pressured by France, restores all conquests made during the war to Sweden in turn for a "paltry indemnity".

26 September – The Peace of Lund end the Scanian War.

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The public source identifies “1679 in Denmark” as overview of Denmark-related events during the year of 1679. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Denmark, overview and Denmark-related.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1679—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 “1679 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.