# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-v-of-denmark
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:48:19.055Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-v-of-denmark"
name: "Christian V of Denmark"
slug: "christian-v-of-denmark"
description: "Christian V was the first Danish king crowned under full absolutism — the throne now answerable to no one — and he spent three decades making sure everyone could see it, from commoners lifted into government to a gilded chair built to proclaim the point."
tagline: "King of Denmark and Norway (1646–1699)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Christian_V_K%C3%B6nig_%E2%80%93_Celler_Schloss.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1646-04-15"
deathDate: "1699-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.41
  momentum:             1.265704217325927
  historical:           22.252684
  currentAttention:     6.496272630457934
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
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    title: "كريستيان الخامس ملك الدنمارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Christian 5."
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kristian V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_V._(Denemark)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Christian V became King of Denmark and Norway in 1670, inheriting a monarchy recently freed from aristocratic constraint. Crowned at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as an absolute ruler by divine right, he set about cementing that power: he opened state service to Holstein nobles and Danish and Norwegian commoners alike, breaking the old aristocracy's grip on government. He commissioned the 1671 Throne Chair of Denmark and envisioned a Nordic Versailles, turning architecture into a language of unchecked authority. His motto — Pietate et Justitia, piety and justice — framed the bargain he offered his subjects. He ruled under that banner until his death in 1699, well-regarded by common people who saw in absolutism a check on the nobles above them.