Editing Christian IV of Denmark (section)

==City foundations==
Christian IV is renowned for his many city (town) foundations, and is most likely the [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] [[head of state]] that can be accredited for the highest number of new cities in his [[realm]]. These towns/cities are:
* [[Kristianopel|Christianopel]], now Kristianopel in Sweden. Founded in 1599 in the then Danish territory of [[Blekinge]] as a garrison town near the then Danish-Swedish border.
* [[Kristianstad|Christianstad]], now Kristianstad in Sweden. Founded in 1614 in the then Danish territory of [[Skåne]].
* [[Glückstadt]], now in Germany, founded in 1617 as a rival to [[Hamburg]] in the then Danish territory of [[Holstein]].
* [[Christianshavn]], now part of Copenhagen, Denmark, founded as a fortification/garrison town in 1619. It also houses [[Freetown Christiania]], a planned commune.
* [[Kongsberg (town)|''Konningsberg'']] (King's Mountain), now Kongsberg in Norway, founded as an industrial town in 1624 after the discovery of silver [[ore]]s.
* [[Oslo|Christiania]], now Oslo in Norway. After a devastating fire in 1624 the king ordered the old city of Oslo to be moved closer to the fortification of [[Akershus Fortress|Akershus slot]] and also renamed it Christiania. The city name was altered to Kristiania in 1877 and then back to Oslo in 1924. The original town of Christian is now known as ''Kvadraturen'' = ''The Quarters''.
* [[Kristiansand (town)|Christian(s)sand]], now Kristiansand in Norway, founded in 1641 to promote trade at the {{Interlanguage link|Agdesiden len|no}} in Southern Norway.
* [[Røros (town)|Røros]], now in Norway, founded as an industrial town after the discovery of copper ores.

A short-lived town was:
* [[Christianspris]], now in [[Schleswig]], Germany, founded as a garrison town near [[Kiel]] in the then Danish territory of Holstein.

Furthermore, Christian is known for erecting many important buildings in his realm, including the observatory [[Rundetårn]], the [[stock exchange]] [[Børsen]], the Copenhagen fortress [[Kastellet, Copenhagen|Kastellet]], [[Rosenborg Castle]], workers' district [[Nyboder]]'','' the Copenhagen naval [[Holmen Church]] (Holmens Kirke), [[Proviantgården]], a brewery, the [[Tøjhus Museum]] [[arsenal]], and two Trinity Churches in Copenhagen and modern Kristianstad, now known as respectively [[Trinitatis Church]] and [[Trinity Church, Kristianstad|Holy Trinity Church]]. Christian converted [[Frederiksborg Castle]] to a [[Renaissance]] palace and completely rebuilt [[Kronborg Castle]] to a fortress. He also founded the [[Danish East India Company]] (''Asiatisk Kompagni'') inspired by the similar [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch company]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asiatisk Kompagni |url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Geografi_og_historie/%C3%98konomisk_historie/Asiatisk_Kompagni |access-date=15 August 2016 |publisher=Dansk biografisk Lexikon}}</ref>