Charlotte Antonsen

(1959-Alive). Liberal Party Member, Folketinget of Denmark, 1990-Current

Margrete Auken

(1945-Alive). Socialist People's Party Member, Parliament of Denmark, 1979-1990, 1994-2004; Socialist People's Party Member, European Parliament (Denmark), 2004-Current. Member, Greens-European Free Alliance Party Group

Bendt Bendtsen

(1954-Alive). Conservative People's Party Member of the Folketinget of Denmark, 1994-Current; Minister for Economic and Business Affairs, 2001-Current; Minister for Nordic Cooperation, 2001-2002; Chairman, Conservative People's Party, 2000-Current

Ritt Bjerregaard

(1941-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the Folketinget of Denmark, 1971-1995, 2001-2005. Minister of Education of Denmark, 1973, 1975-1979. Social Minister of Denmark, 1979-1981. European Commissioner for the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, 1995-1999 (Denmark). Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, 2000-2001. Social Democratic Party Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006-Current. First female Lord Mayor of Copenhagen.

Mariann Fischer Boel

(1943-Alive). Venstre Party Minister of Agriculture and Foods of Denmark, 2002-2004. Venstre Member of the European Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development (Denmark), 2004-Current.

Klaus Bondam

(November 19, 1963, Aakirkeby, Denmark-Alive). Actor. Social Liberal Party Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006-Current. Openly gay.

Jens-Peter Bonde

(1948-Alive). Co-Founder, People's Movement against the EC, 1972; Co-Founder, Denmark 92, 1991; Co-Founder, June Movement, 1992; June Movement Member, European Parliament, 1979-Current; Chairman, Independence/Democracy Group

Kirsten Brosbol

(December 14, 1977, Odder, Denmark-Alive). Social Democratic Party Member of the Folketing, 2005-Current.

Carina Christensen

(1972-Alive). Conservative People's Party Member of the Folketinget of Denmark, 2001-Current; Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs, 2006-Current

King Christian II

(1481-1559). King of Denmark and Norway, 1513-1523; King of Sweden, 1520-1521. Son of John of Denmark and Christina of Saxony. Succeeded by Frederick I in Denmark and Norway and by Gustav Vasas in Sweden. Known in Sweden as "Christian the Tyrant," for his role in the Stockholm Bloodbath. In exile from 1523-1531. After a failed attempt to regain power, he was kept a prisoner by King Frederick I for 27 years.

King Christian VI of Norway and Denmark

(1699-1746). King of Denmark and Norway, 1730-1746. Son of Frederik IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Gustrow. Succeeded by Frederik V. Known as an intolerant pietist.

King Christian VII of Norway and Denmark

(1749-1808). King of Denmark and Norway, 1766-1808. Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, 1766-1808. Son of Frederick V and his consort, Louise of Great Britain. Succeeded by Frederick VI. Madness reduced him to a nominal ruler from 1772 onwards, and his son, Frederick VI ruled as Prince Regent after 1784.

Havel's House of History

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King Christian VIII of Norway and Denmark

(1786-1848). Elected Regent of Norway and then King (as Christian Frederick), 1814. Abdicated after a defeat by Sweden, permitting a personal union of Norway with Sweden under Charles XIII. King of Denmark, 1839-1848. Son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Succeeded by his son, Frederick VII.