Editing Christian II of Denmark (section)

==Early life==
[[File:John II and Christina.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Christian's parents, King John and Queen Christina]]
Christian was born at [[Nyborg Castle]] in 1481 as the son of [[John, King of Denmark]] and his wife, [[Christina of Saxony]].  Christian descended, through [[Valdemar I of Sweden]], from the [[House of Eric]], and from Catherine, daughter of [[Inge I of Sweden]], as well as from Ingrid Ylva, granddaughter of [[Sverker I of Sweden]]. His rival [[Gustav I of Sweden]] descended only from [[Sverker II of Sweden]] and the [[House of Sverker]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Christian took part in his father's [[Battle of Rotebro|conquest of Sweden in 1497]] and in the [[Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512)]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He was appointed [[viceroy of Norway]] in 1506, and succeeded in maintaining control of the country.{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=12}} During his administration in Norway, he attempted to deprive the Norwegian nobility of its traditional influence exercised through the ''[[Rigsraadet]]'' privy council, leading to controversy with the latter.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}<!--Norwegian Wikipedia-->

In 1513, he succeeded his father as king of Denmark and Norway.{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=12}} Christian's succession to the thrones of Norway and Denmark was confirmed at the ''[[Herredag]]'' assembly of notables from the three northern kingdoms, which met at [[Copenhagen]] in 1513. The Swedish delegates said, "We have the choice between peace at home and strife here, or peace here and civil war at home, and we prefer the former." A decision as to the Swedish succession was therefore postponed.{{sfn|Bain|1911|p=275}} Christian's coronations as king of Denmark in Copenhagen and of Norway in Oslo took place in the summer of 1514.{{sfn|Lockhart|2007|p=12}}