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Also Known As Frederik of Holstein-Gottorp
Born October 7, 1471 • Denmark
Died April 10, 1533 (aged 61) • Germany
Title / Office king (1524-1533), Norway • king (1523-1533), Denmark

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queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
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king of England, Denmark, and Norway
John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden; detail from a plaster cast of his tombstone, original sculpture by Claus Berg, c. 1513; in the Cathedral of St. Canute, Odense, Den.
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king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hannibal Sehested
Hannibal Sehested
Danish statesman
Sweyn I, coin, 10th century; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen.
Sweyn I
king of Denmark and England
Erik VII
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
Christopher III
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Hans Tausen
Danish religious reformer
Erik VI
king of Denmark
Frederick VI
Frederick VI
king of Denmark and Norway
Christiern Pedersen
Danish humanist
Christian VIII
Christian VIII
king of Denmark
Olaf II Haraldsson
king of Norway
Sverrir Sigurdsson
king of Norway
Olaf Tryggvason
king of Norway
Olaf III Haraldsson
king of Norway
Sigurd I Magnusson
king of Norway
Absalon Pederssøn Beyer
Norwegian scholar and author
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark

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