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) 3 February Christian Ulrik Gyldenløve, military officer (died (died 1640) Undated 12 November Joachim Gersdorff, statesman (died 1650) Deaths Publications Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Anatomicae Institutiones Corporis Humani (1611) References External links Denmark Years of the 17th century in Denmark