Events from the1520s in Denmark.

• Monarch –Christian II (until 1523),^[1]Frederick I^[2]
• Steward of the Realm –Mogens Gøye (from 1523)

1521

• 5 February – theBattle of Falun ignites theSwedish War of Liberation.Falun is captured by Swedish forces.
• early April – Danish and Norwegian forces are driven out ofBrunnbäck following their defeat at theBattle of Brunnbäck Ferry.
• 29 April –Västerås is captured by Swedish forces after the defeat of Danish forces in theBattle of Västerås.

1523

• 27 May –Uppsala is captured by Swedish rebels after the defeat of Danish forced at theConquest of Kalmar.
• 17 June – theConquest of Stockholm drives out the last of the Danish forces fromStockholm.
• 7 August –Frederick I is crowned King afterChristian II is forced to abdicate by the nobility.^[1]

1524

• 1 September – theTreaty of Malmö officially ends theSwedish War of Liberation (1521–1523), ending theKalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by acknowledging the independent status of Sweden and forming the union ofDenmark–Norway.
• Undated –Sæby is incorporated as a market town.

1525

• Hans Tausen begins preaching Lutheran doctrines inViborg.^[3]
• Tyge Krabbe succeedsOtte Krumpen asMarshal of the Realm.

1520

• 7 January –Peder Oxe, statesman (died1575)
• 10 May –Otte Rud, admiral during theNorthern Seven Years' War (died1565)
• 10 November –Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Electress Palatine (died1580)
• Undated –Christen Munk,Governor-general of Norway (died1579)

1521

• 21 June –John the Elder, prince of Denmark and Duke ofSchleswig-Holstein-Haderslev (died1580)
• November –Christina of Denmark, princess of Denmark and Duchess-consort of Milan (died1590)

1524

• 14 October –Elizabeth of Denmark, princess of Denmark and a Duchess of Mecklenburg (died1586)

1525

• 1 September –Christoffer Valkendorff, statesman (died1601)

1526

• 25 January –Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, prince of Denmark (died1586)

1528

• Dorothea of Denmark, princess of Denmark andDuchessconsort ofMecklenburg (died1575)

Undated

• Christen Munk (c. 1520),Governor-general of Norway (died1579)
• Povel Huitfeldt (c. 1520),Governor-general of Norway (died1592)
• Melchior Lorck (c. 1526), painter and printmaker (died c.1583)

• 8 December 1521 –Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1461 in Saxony)
• 24 January 1522 –Didrik Slagheck,Roman Catholic archbishop ofLund
• 30 May 1526 –Morten Børup, educator and writer (born c.1446)

• 1520s in Denmark
• 1520s by country
• 16th century in Denmark

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