Frederik VII: The Giver of the Constitution

By Jens Gunni Busck and Peter Sean Woltemade

Frederik VII ruled Denmark from 1848 until 1863. In 1849 he introduced Denmark's first constitution. Despite his great weaknesses as a ruler, he is one of the most remarkable figures among the Danish monarchs. He was an odd individual with a rather unstable temperament, and in many ways he was a black sheep within the royal family. In particular, Frederik VII provoked people with his marriage to Countess Danner, but at the same time he added a completely new popular dimension to the monarchy. Frederik VII had a sense of the mood of the people that enabled him to become something as paradoxical as a royal icon of democracy in Denmark. 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8793229798
• ISBN13: 9788793229792
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Gad Publishers
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 8.4"