Christian VIII

Christian VIII ruled Denmark from 1839 to 1848 as the country’s last

absolute monarch; in 1814 he was also briefly Norway’s first constitutional

king, and he took the initiative to introduce the constitutions of

both Norway and Denmark. Christian VIII and Queen Caroline Amalie

lived during a time that was characterized by political unrest but also

by cultural richness, and their circle of acquaintances included Hans

Christian Andersen, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Bertel Thorvaldsen, C.W. Eckersberg,

Adam Oehlenschläger, and H.C. Ørsted.

This book is part of the Crown Series, a series of small books on the

Danish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation with

the Royal Danish Collection.