Events from the year 1611 in Denmark.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Christian IV
- Steward of the Realm –
Events
- April – The Kalmar War begins as Denmark-Norway declares war upon Sweden.
- 3 May – Danish forces lay siege to Kalmar. The Siege of Kalmar ends on August 3.
- 26 June – The Swedish Storming of Kristianopel.
- 3 July – Battle of Risbye.
Undated
- A Statue of Leda and the Swan is mounted on a tall column an installed on an artificial islet in the Port of Copenhagen.
Births
- 2 February – Ulrik of Denmark, Prince of Denmark (died 1633 in Poland)
- 3 February – Christian Ulrik Gyldenløve, military officer (died 1640)
Undated
- 12 November – Joachim Gersdorff, statesman (died 1661)
Deaths
Publications
- Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Anatomicae Institutiones Corporis Humani (1611)
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