official, trade unionist, women's rights activist, politician (Social Liberal Party) Religion Absalon (c. 1128–1201), bishop of Roskilde (1158–1192), archbishop of Lund (1178–1201) Johanne Andersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Denmark Henning Toft Bro (1956–), bishop of Aalborg Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), pietist and hymn writer, bishop of Ribe (1741–1764) Jacob Dacian, 16th-century Franciscan missionary to Mexico Karen Horsens (1932–), first female minister of the Church of Denmark to become a dean Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), poet and hymn writer, bishop of Funen (1677–1703) Czeslaw Kozon (1951–), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen Stygge Krumpen (c. 1485–1551), last catholic bishop in Denmark (before the Lutheran reformation) Hans Ludvig Martensen (1927–2012), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen (1965–1995) Bent Melchior (1929–), chief rabbi of Denmark (1969–1996) Knut Ansgar Nelson (1906–1990), Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1957–1962) Peder Palladius (1503–1560), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Zealand (1537–1560) Edith Brenneche Petersen (1896–1973), one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests Kirsten Stoffregen Petersen (1932–2017), nun, theologian, iconographer Lise-Lotte Rebel (1951–), first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark (1995) Hans Svane (1634–1703), bishop of Zealand (1655–1668), archbishop (1660–1668) Hans Tausen (1494–1561), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Ribe (1542–1561) Ruth Vermehren (1894–1983), one of the Church of Denmark's first three women priests Royalty Danish monarchs Abel Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway Canute III Canute IV Canute V Canute VI Christian I Christian II, last king of the Kalmar Union Christian III Christian IV Christian V Christian VI Christian VII Christian VIII Christian IX, king known as the "Father-in-law of Europe" Christian X, king during German occupation Christopher I Christopher II Christopher of Bavaria Eric I Eric II Eric III Eric IV Eric V Eric VI Eric of Pomerania, crowned king of the Kalmar Union 1397 Eric Christoffersen Frederick I Frederick II Frederick III Frederick IV Frederick V Frederick VI Frederick VII Frederick VIII Frederick IX Gorm the Old Gnupa Gyrd Gøtrik, challenged Charlemagne in 810 Harald Harald Klak Harald Bluetooth Harald II Harald III Harald Kesja Harthacnut (I) Helge Hemming Horik I Horik II John Magnus the Good Magnus the Strong Margrethe I (1353–1412), unified the Scandinavian countries Margrethe II (1940–), also a writer, painter, translator and illustrator of books Niels Olof Oluf I Oluf II Oluf (II) Haraldsen Ongendus, first