Denmark transitions to absolute monarchy under interesting circumstances and then tries to win back land from Sweden.
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<a href='https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/episode-22-absolutism/borsen-2/'><img width="150" height="84" src="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg?w=150" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg?w=150 150w, https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg?w=300 300w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="234" data-permalink="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/episode-22-absolutism/borsen-2/" data-orig-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg" data-orig-size="5312,2988" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"SM-N910F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1491912102","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.6","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.04","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Børsen" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Painting of Frederick III leaving the stage in front of the Stock Exchange, where he was hailed as absolute monarch.
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Denmark transitions to absolute monarchy under interesting circumstances and then tries to win back land from Sweden. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thehistoryofdenmark/ Perfect illustration of Frederick III as an absolute monarch. Painting of Frederick III leaving the stage in front of the Stock Exchange, where he was hailed as absolute monarch. " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bc3b8rsen.jpg?w=739" /> Quick overview of the Battle of Køge Bay (1677). " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/kc3b8gebay1.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/kc3b8gebay1.png?w=739" /> “Nec temere, nec timide” – motto of Admiral Niels Juel, supposedley said just before the Battle of Køge Bay. It means “neither reckless nor timid”, and is today the motto of the Royal Danish Naval Academy. " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/niels_juel_statue_copenhagen1.jpg?w=203" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/niels_juel_statue_copenhagen1.jpg?w=692" /> https://archive.org/download/Episode22Absolutism/Episode%2022%20-%20Absolutism.mp3

Denmark transitions to absolute monarchy under interesting circumstances and then tries to win back land from Sweden.
Facebook page:&nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/thehistoryofdenmark/
Perfect illustration of Frederick III as an absolute monarch.

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