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Christian VIII ruled Denmark from 1839 to 1848 as the country’s lastabsolute monarch; in 1814 he was also briefly Norway’s first constitutionalking, and he took the initiative to introduce the constitutions ofboth Norway and Denmark. Christian VIII and Queen Caroline Amalielived during a time that was characterized by political unrest but alsoby cultural richness, and their circle of acquaintances included HansChristian 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 theDanish monarchy and related subjects published in cooperation withthe Royal Danish Collection.