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Born c.1480 • Helsingør • Denmark
Died January 16, 1554 • Helsingør • Denmark
Role In Reformation
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Theodore Beza
Theodore Beza
French theologian
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Hans Tausen
Danish religious reformer
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
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Rasmus Møller Sørensen
Danish politician
Madvig, drawing by Emilius-Ditlev Baerentzen, c. 1845; in Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Danish scholar
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Anders Sørensen Vedel
Danish historian
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Denmark and Norway
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Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
French humanist and theologian
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Hieronymus Emser
German theologian
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Anker Jørgensen
prime minister of Denmark
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
prime minister of Denmark
Margaret I
Margaret I
queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
King Frederik of Denmark
Frederik X
king of Denmark
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
An Australian queen
Queen Mary of Denmark
queen of Denmark
Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen
prime minister of Denmark
Margrethe II
Margrethe II
queen of Denmark
Christian II
Christian II
Scandinavian king
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Valdemar IV Atterdag
king of Denmark