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Also Known As John II • Hans
Born June 5, 1455 • Denmark
Died February 20, 1513 (aged 57) • Ålborg • Denmark
Title / Office king (1497-1513), Sweden • king (1483-1513), Norway • king (1481-1513), Denmark

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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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Margaret I
Margaret I
queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Erik VII
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Christopher III
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Denmark and Norway
Hannibal Sehested
Hannibal Sehested
Danish statesman
King of Denmark
Sweyn I
king of Denmark and England
Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
Christian II
Christian II
Scandinavian king
Christian I
Christian I
Scandinavian king
Ansgar, Saint
Saint Ansgar
missionary
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark
King Frederik of Denmark
Frederik X
king of Denmark
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Margrethe II
Margrethe II
queen of Denmark
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Valdemar IV Atterdag
king of Denmark
Valdemar II, coin, 13th century; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Valdemar II
king of Denmark
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
prime minister of Denmark
Saxo Grammaticus
Danish historian

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