Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a fresco in Næstved's Saint Peter's Church (Sankt Peders Kirke).

Valdemar Atterdag (c. 1320 - October 24, 1375) was a King of Denmark (1340 - 1375). A XIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. ... Gavnø Castle on Gavnø island, Denmark. ... Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Events January 26 - King France June 24 - The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ...

He was the youngest son of Christopher II and spent most of his childhood and youth in a German exile after the defeats of his father. Here he acted as a pretender waiting for a come-back. King Christian II, painting by P. van Coninxloo, 1521. ...

1340 he was elected king following the assassination of Count Gerhard III, although his territory at this time was limited to the northernmost county of Jutland. King Valdemar is a pivotal figure in Danish history; he gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand, and finally reunited Denmark by capturing Scania and the island of Gotland in 1361. However, the resulting conflict with the Hanseatic League ended in a Danish defeat, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Treaty of Stralsund. This defeat did not prevent him from trying to regain the lost South Jutland, an attempt which was about succeeding at his sudden death. Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. ...   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Gotlandia, or Gotland, a historical Province or landskap, of Sweden. ... Events Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ... The Hanseatic League (German: die Hanse) was an alliance of trading cities that established and maintained a trade monopoly over most of Northern Europe and the Baltic for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period (ie between the 13th and 17th century). ... Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... The Treaty of Stralsund (May 24, 1370) ended the war between the Hanseatic League and the kingdom of Denmark. ...

Valdemar IV must be regarded as one of the most important of all Danish medieval kings. The sources leaves the impression of an intelligent, cynic, reckless and clever machiavellian ruler with a certain instinct of politics and economy. He was succeeded by his grandson Oluf III of Denmark, the offspring of his daughter Margaret and Haakon VI of Norway, son to Magnus II of Sweden. Olaf IV Haakonsson, (1370 - August 23, 1387), King of Norway and Denmark, son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark. ... Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403 Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 – October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland. ... Haakon VI Magnusson (appr. ... Sigillum ad causas for Magnus II of Sweden Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316–December 1, 1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway. ...

His nickname "Atterdag" is usually interpreted as "day again" (its literal meaning in Danish), but it is also possible it is a misinterpretation of the low German phrase "ter tage" ("these days"), which can best be interpreted as "what times we live in!" Subdivisions East Low German Low Franconian Low Saxon Low German (in Low German, Platt(düütsch) or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. ...

He is buried in the church at Sorø Academy in Sorø, Denmark. Sorø is a city in east Denmark, located in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand. ...

King Christian II, painting by P. van Coninxloo, 1521. ... This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. ... Events January 26 - King France June 24 - The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Olaf IV Haakonsson, (1370 - August 23, 1387), King of Norway and Denmark, son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark. ...