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Friis, detail from an oil painting by Jakob Binck, 1551

Johan Friis

Danish statesman
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Born:
Feb. 20, 1494, Lundbygaard, Swed.
Died:
Dec. 5, 1570, Køge, Den. (aged 76)

Johan Friis (born Feb. 20, 1494, Lundbygaard, Swed.—died Dec. 5, 1570, Køge, Den.) was a Danish statesman who, as chancellor under Christian III, king of Denmark and Norway, helped to establish the Lutheran Church as the state church in Denmark and to reform the state and local administrations. Friis served as secretary at the court of King Frederick I and became successor-designate to the chancellor. When a civil war (the Count’s War; 1533–36) broke out over the succession to the throne following Frederick’s death (1533), Friis tried to persuade the nobles of Fyn province to join their Jutland colleagues in ...(100 of 324 words)

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