1677 in Denmark
Events from the year 1677 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian V
- Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt
Events
- 31 December – Christian V establishes the County of Samsø for mistress Sophie Amalie Moth from the manors of Brattingsborg and Bisgård.
Scanian War
- 31 May–1 June – the naval Battle of Møn results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
- 11 June–5 July – Swedish forces hold off the Danish during the Siege of Malmö.
- 1–2 July – the Battle of Køge Bay results in a decisive Danish victory which helps to establish Niels Juel's reputation.
- 6–23 July – Danish-Norwegian forces siege the harbor town of Marstrand in the Battle of Marstrand.
- 14 July – the Battle of Landskrona results in Swedish victory.
- 28 August – the Battle of Uddevalla results in Danish-Norwegian victory.
Undated
- Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's mansion which will later become known as Charlottenborg Palace is completed as the first building at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen.
- The first Copenhagen Stocks House, a military prison, is completed at a site just south of the Nyboder barracks.
- The Abrahamstrup estate in Hornsherred becomes known as Jægerspris Castle.
- Thomas Hansen Kingo is appointed Bishop of Funen.
- Peder Hansen Resen publishes a fragment of his otherwise unpublished ''Atlas Danicus.''
Births
- 8 August – Princess Sophia Hedwig, Danish princess
Deaths
- 26 February – Steen Ottesen Brahe, military officer and landowner
- 24 May – Anders Bording, poet and journalist
- 9 August – Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov, Countess of Schleswig-Holstein