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John (King of Denmark and Norway)

Type Figure Region Scandinavia Time 1455–1513 Also known as King John of Denmark、King John of Norway

An important monarch of the Kalmar Union period in Scandinavia, born in Aalborg in 1455, who succeeded his father Christian I as King of Denmark and …

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  1. 1481–1493Copenhagen · DenmarkInherited the thrones of Denmark and Norway after his father's death in 1481, initially facing aristocratic fragmentation and pressure from Swedish separatism. Consolidated his rule through parliamentary negotiation and regional appeasement, and set about reforming royal finances and relations with the Church.
  2. 1494–1501Stockholm · SwedenLong-standing conflict with the Swedish regent Sten Sture; in 1497 he was briefly crowned King of Sweden, attempting to restore the unity of the Kalmar Union. Sweden revolted again in 1501, and John lost the Swedish throne, but continued to hold the core territories of Denmark and Norway.
  3. 1502–1513Aalborg · DenmarkAfter losing Sweden, focused on Dano-Norwegian domestic affairs and Baltic trade, maintaining complex cooperation with Hanseatic cities and northern nobles. Died in his hometown of Aalborg in 1513; his son Christian II succeeded him, and Scandinavian politics entered a new period of turmoil.

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