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Also Known As Christopher of Bavaria • Kristofer av Bayern • Christoffer af Bayern • Christoffer av Bayern
Born February 26, 1418
Died January 5, 1448 (aged 29) • Denmark
Title / Office king (1442-1448), Norway • king (1441-1448), Sweden • king (1439-1448), Denmark
Margaret I
Margaret I
queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Erik VII
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
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.
John
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Denmark and Norway
Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
Hannibal Sehested
Hannibal Sehested
Danish statesman
King of Denmark
Sweyn I
king of Denmark and England
Christian II
Christian II
Scandinavian king
Christian I
Christian I
Scandinavian king
Ansgar, Saint
Saint Ansgar
missionary
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician
Andreas Peter, Greve von Bernstorff
Danish foreign minister
Struensee, detail from a miniature by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Johann Friedrich, count von Struensee
German physician and statesman
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Norwegian author
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark
King Frederik of Denmark
Frederik X
king of Denmark
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO

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