# Frederick III of Denmark

> He turned military humiliation into political revolution. After Sweden marched across frozen seas to his doorstep and forced Denmark to its knees, Frederick III dissolved the elective monarchy that had constrained him and installed absolute rule — the first codified absolutism in Western history.

*King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/frederick-iii-of-denmark

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1609-03-18
- **Died:** 1670-02-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born 18 March 1609, the second son of Christian IV, Frederick was never meant to rule until his older brother died in 1647. He inherited a kingdom exhausted by his father's costly wars and was shut out of the Peace of Westphalia negotiations in 1648, forced to watch Sweden take Bremen and stop paying the Øresund Tolls. To secure his election, he made large concessions to the nobility. Then he fought Sweden twice and lost both times — in 1658, Charles X Gustav marched 5,000 men across the frozen Belts to Zealand and cornered an unprepared Frederick into signing the Treaty of Roskilde. That defeat became his opening: in 1660 he disbanded the elective monarchy in favor of absolute rule, formalized by law in 1665, a system that endured until 1814 in Norway and 1848 in Denmark. He died 9 February 1670.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 19.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Founder, #Founders, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_III_of_Denmark)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157812)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Frederick%20III%20of%20Denmark)
- [فريدريك الثالث ملك الدنمارك والنرويج](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [فريدريك التالت ملك الدنمارك والنرويج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [اۆچونجو فردریک (دانمارک)](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%86%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_(%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9))
- [III Fridrix (Danimarka kralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/III_Fridrix_(Danimarka_kral%C4%B1))
- [Фрэдэрык III (кароль Даніі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_III_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96))
- [Фредерик III](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_III)
- [Frederik III](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_III)
- [Frederic III de Dinamarca](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_III_de_Dinamarca)
- [Frederik III. Dánský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_III._D%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD)
- [Фредерик III (Дани патши)](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_III_(%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%88%D0%B8))
- [Frederik 3.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_3.)
- [Friedrich III. (Dänemark und Norwegen)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_III._(D%C3%A4nemark_und_Norwegen))
- [Φρειδερίκος Γ΄ της Δανίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%94%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Frederiko la 3-a (Danio-Norvegio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_la_3-a_(Danio-Norvegio))
- [Federico III de Dinamarca](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_III_de_Dinamarca)
- [Frederik III](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_III)
- [Frederiko III.a Danimarkakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederiko_III.a_Danimarkakoa)
- [فردریک سوم، پادشاه دانمارک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9)
- [Fredrik III (Tanska)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik_III_(Tanska))
- [Fríðrikur 3.](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%AD%C3%B0rikur_3.)
- [Frederik III. (Denemark)](https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_III._(Denemark))
- [Frédéric III (roi de Danemark)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_III_(roi_de_Danemark))
- [Frederik III van Denemarke](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_III_van_Denemarke)
- [Frederico III de Dinamarca](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederico_III_de_Dinamarca)

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