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Frederick V of Denmark

Copenhagen Castle, 31 Mar 1723 – Christiansborg Palace, 14 Jan 1766

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A life in time

  1. 31 Mar 1723

    Born in Copenhagen Castle

  2. 1745–1753

    6 children are born

  3. 1746–1766

    Monarch of Denmark

  4. 1746–1766

    Monarch of Norway

  5. 14 Jan 1766

    Dies in Christiansborg Palace, aged 42

Family

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Parents

Partners

Children · 6

During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Copenhagen Castle.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1720s · Frederick V is born in Copenhagen Castle

In the news1728

1728 Copenhagen fire destroys city infrastructure

In 1728, a massive fire in Copenhagen destroyed 74 streets and 1,670 of the city's 4,087 houses, leading to the creation of a fire insurance company.

Daily life

Shared living conditions in Nyboder

In 18th-century Copenhagen, Nyboder apartments often lacked private kitchens, forcing families to share a hallway-like cooking space with neighbors. People also relied on shared outdoor toilets consisting of sheds over pits that required periodic emptying by night men.

Work

Day laborer earnings in Odense

A common day laborer in Odense earned 16 skilling for a 12-hour workday during summer, and 12 skilling during winter.

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.In Europe · 1700–1721

The Great Northern War. Russia, Denmark and Saxony fought Sweden for the Baltic; Peter the Great won and built St Petersburg on the conquered coast.

Imonoz · CC BY-SA 4.0

What people wore

Skirt colors indicated status

Women used skirt colors to signal status: red for unmarried girls, green for married women, and blue for festive occasions.

Music

Common Instruments for Village Dancing

Village dances commonly featured the violin as the main instrument, alongside traditional drone instruments like the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, and drums.

At the table

Clarifying coffee with fish skin

Coffee was boiled in copper kettles and sometimes clarified with a piece of dried flounder skin, as coffee filters did not exist.