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Born October 11, 1671 • Copenhagen • Denmark
Died October 12, 1730 (aged 59) • Odense • Denmark

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Frederick IV, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
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Christian IV
Christian IV
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick III, detail from a portrait by Karel van Mander III
Frederick III
king of Denmark and Norway
Christian III
Christian III
king of Denmark and Norway
Friis, detail from an oil painting by Jakob Binck, 1551
Johan Friis
Danish statesman
Frederick II, detail from a portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581
Frederick II
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick VI
Frederick VI
king of Denmark and Norway
Peder Schumacher, count af Griffenfeld
Danish statesman
Høegh-Guldberg, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Danish statesman
Christian VIII
Christian VIII
king of Denmark
Adam Gottlob Moltke, oil painting by C.G. Pilo
Adam Gottlob, Greve Moltke
Danish government official
Christian VI, detail from a portrait by J.S. Wahl
Christian VI
Scandinavian king
Christian V
Christian V
Scandinavian king
Frederick V, detail from an oil painting by C.G. Pilo, 1751
Frederick V
king of Denmark and Norway
Adelaer
Norwegian naval officer
Olaf Poulsen
Danish actor
Ib Spang Olsen
Danish author
Emil Poulsen
Danish actor
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher
Neils Bohr
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist

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