| Reign | From September 28, 1448
- until May 21, 1481 in Denmark From 1450 - until May 21, 1481 in Norway 1457 - 1464 in Sweden |
| Coronation | 1449 in Denmark
1457 in Sweden |
| Royal House | Oldenburg |
| Consorts | Dorothea af Brandenburg |
| Predecessors | Christopher of Bavaria in Denmark
Carl I in Norway Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott in Sweden |
| Successors | John in Denmark and Norway
Kettil Karlsson Vasa in Sweden |
| Date of Birth | 1426 |
| Place of Birth | Oldenburg, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Date of Death | May 21, 1481 |
| Place of Death | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Christian I of Denmark (1426-1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448-1481), Norway (1450-1481) and Sweden (1457-1464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by viceroy Kettil Karlsson Vasa.
He was born in February 1426 in Oldenburg. His father was Count Dietrich of Oldenburg (died 1444). His mother was his father's second wife, Hedwig of Schleswig and Holstein (died 1436). Christian had two brothers, Count Moritz V of Delmenhorst (1428 - 1464) and Count Gerhard VI of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (1430 - 1500), and one sister Adelheid.
Christian married Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430 - November 25 1495), the widow of King Christopher of Bavaria and thus dowager queen, on October 28 1449 in Copenhagen. Dorothea and Christian had five children:
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Preceded by: Christopher of Bavaria | List of Danish monarchs List of Norwegian monarchs |
Succeeded by: Hans |
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Preceded by: Oxenstierna and Tott | List of Swedish monarchs |
Succeeded by: Kettil Vasa |