title: 1697 in Denmark
text: # 1697 in Denmark
  
  Events from the year 1697 in Denmark
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch – Christian V
  
  ## Births
  
  * 7 January – Wilhelm August von der Osten, civil servant (died 1764)
  * 2 May – Michael Fabritius, businessman (died 1746)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 26 January – Georg Mohr, mathematician (born 1640)
  * 8 April – Niels Juel, admiral (born 1629 in Norway).
  