| Authorised form of name | Christian VIII (1786 - 1848); King of Denmark |
| Other forms of name | Christian Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark |
| Dates | 1786 - 1848 |
| Date of birth | 18 September 1786 |
| Date of death | 20 January 1848 |
| Activity | Career:
Appointed Viceroy of Norway, 1813, and driven out of Norway when he refused to consent to the union of Norway and Sweden, living in retirement 1815-1831; Member of the Council of State (1831-1839); opposed liberal projects and in trying to appease the Germans in Schleswig-Holstein he helped bring about the war of 1848; Freemason, Danish Freemason
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| Membership category | Royal Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1822 |
| Relationships | Succeeded as King of Denmark (after 1822 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, ;Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' (2010), page 19 |
| Code | NA2290 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| HS/19/87 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Christian VIII, dated at Collingwood | 17 January 1842 |
| HS/19/77 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Christian VIII, dated at London | 13 March 1840 |