# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-iv-of-denmark
# Generated: 2026-09-06T23:36:09.036Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-iv-of-denmark"
name: "Christian IV of Denmark"
slug: "christian-iv-of-denmark"
description: "He ruled longer than any Scandinavian monarch—59 years—and left his name on a capital city for three centuries. Christian IV made Denmark-Norway rich, then bet it all on the Thirty Years' War."
tagline: "King of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian_4_som_gammel.jpg"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1577-04-12"
deathDate: "1648-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.75
  momentum:             1.313313812223537
  historical:           22.653724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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    title: "كريستيان الرابع ملك الدنمارك والنرويج"
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    title: "Кристиан IV"
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    title: "Christian IV Danmark"
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    title: "Kristián IV. Dánský"
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    title: "Christian 4."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_IV._(D%C3%A4nemark_und_Norwegen)"
    title: "Christian IV. (Dänemark und Norwegen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristiano la 4-a (Danio-Norvegio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cristián IV de Dinamarca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christian IV"
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    title: "Kristian IV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristian 4."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christian IV. (Denemark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christian IV (roi de Danemark)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christiaan IV van Denemarke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cristián IV de Dinamarca"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Christian IV took the throne of Denmark and Norway in 1588 at eleven, but didn't rule personally until 1596. For two decades he was the kind of king who initiates reforms, funds projects, and delivers stability rare in early modern Europe. Then came the Thirty Years' War. He entered in 1618 and stayed until his death in 1648, watching Germany burn and his own economy collapse under the cost. Conquered territories slipped away. He did rename Oslo after himself—Christiania held until 1925—but the war hollowed out the wealth he'd built. He died in February 1648, the longest reign in Scandinavian history and a record of what ambition can build and then spend.