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Absolutism
1660-1849
Absolutism gave the king absolute power. The period includes the Age of Enlightenment, agricultural reforms, and the defeat in the Napoleonic Wars that cost Denmark Norway.
Key Events
1660
Absolutism is introduced in Denmark
1665
The Royal Law establishes the king's absolute power
1721
Hans Egede begins missionary work in Greenland
1733
Stavnsbaand introduced (binds peasants to estates)
1788
Stavnsbaand is abolished
1807
Copenhagen is bombarded during the Napoleonic Wars
1814
Denmark loses Norway at the Treaty of Kiel
Key Figures
Frederik III
Introduced absolutism in 1660
Struensee
Reformer and the queen's lover, executed 1772
Hans Egede
Started the mission in Greenland
Study Tips
- 11660-1849: the period of absolutism - remember both years
- 21788: Abolition of Stavnsbaand was an important agricultural reform
- 31814: Norway was lost to Sweden after the Napoleonic Wars
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