Events from the year 1612 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Christian IV
Events 11 February – Danish forces attack the Swedish army at the Battle of Vittsjö, forcing the army to flee north from Scania. 21 February – The Battle of Skillingehed takes place in Halland between the Swedish army and forces led by Christian IV. Christian Barnekow famously sacrifices his life to save King Christian IV's. 26 August – A Norwegian peasant militia is ambushed by Scottish mercenaries at the Battle of Kringen as part of the Kalmar War.
Undated Johanne Thomes is accused of witchcraft as part of the Køge Huskors witch trials.
Births 11 November – August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, (died 1675 in the Holy Roman Empire)
Undated Niels Aagaard, librarian and scholar (died 1657)
Deaths
8 April – Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (Born 1575 in the Holy Roman Empire)
Undated Godske Lindenov, arctic explorer Jørgen Dybvad, theologian and mathematician
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