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Also Known As Erik of Pomerania • Erik av Pommern • Erik of Pommern
Born c.1381 • Pomerania • Germany • Poland
Died c.June 1459 • Poland
Title / Office king (1397-1442), Norway • king (1397-1439), Sweden • king (1397-1439), Denmark
Margaret I
Margaret I
queen 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
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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
Christian II
Christian II
Scandinavian king
Statue of Bishop Ansgar wearing ornate robes and a mitre, holding a model of a church and a bishop's staff, set against a brick wall in Hamburg, Germany.
St. Ansgar
missionary and archbishop
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Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
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Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician
Christian I
Christian I
Scandinavian king
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Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Norwegian author
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Anker Jørgensen
prime minister of Denmark
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
An Australian queen
Queen Mary of Denmark
queen of Denmark

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