* The Danish archbishop Absalon ( 1128-1201 ) is also known as Axel of Lund.

* Heinrich Schütz ( 1585 – 1672 ) composed " Fili mi, Absalon " as part of his Sinfoniae Sacrae, op. 6

* March 21 – Absalon, Danish archbishop ( b. c. 1128 )

King Valdemar and Absalon ( ca 1128 – 1201 ), the bishop of Roskilde, rebuilt the country.

Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1150 – 1220 ) also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark.

Absalon Pederssøn Beyer ( c. 1528 – 9 April 1575 ) was a Norwegian author, lecturer and Lutheran clergyman.

Absalon Pederssøns dagbok 1552 – 1572, his diary from the years between 1552 and 1572 is one of the most important source of the information of the cultural and social history of Bergen during this period.

Absalon died at Sorø Abbey on March 21, 1201, 73 years old, with his last will granting his personal holdings to the Abbey, apart from Fjenneslev which went to Esbern Snarre.

At the death of Absalon in 1201, possession of the castle and city of Copenhagen passed to the bishops of Roskilde.

Absalon was born into the powerful Hvide clan, and owned great land possessions.

Absalon was born around 1128 near Sorø, Zealand.

Due to a name which is unusual in Denmark, it is speculated that he was christened on the Danish " Absalon " name day, October 30.

Absalon probably did not take part in the following battle of Grathe Heath in 1157, in which Sweyn was defeated and slain and led to Valdemar ascending the Danish throne.

On Good Friday 1158, bishop Asser of Roskilde died, and Absalon was eventually elected bishop of Roskilde on Zealand with the help of Valdemar, as the king's reward for the Hvide family support.

Absalon was a close counsellor of Valdemar, and chief promotor of the Danish crusades against the Wends.

The first expedition against the Wends that was conducted by Absalon in person, set out in 1160.

The whole population of Garz was then baptized, and Absalon laid the foundations of twelve churches in the isle of Rügen.

When Valdemar returned to Denmark, he was convinced into strengthening the Danevirke fortifications at the German border, with the support of Absalon.

In 1167, Absalon was granted the land around the city of " Havn " (), and built there a castle in the coastal defense against the Wends.

It was also Absalon who held the first Danish Synod at Lund in 1167.

By a unique Papal dispensation, Absalon was allowed to simultaneously maintain his post as Bishop of Roskilde.

Under Canute VI, Absalon was the chief policymaker in Danish politics.

In 1192, Absalon made his nephew Peder Sunesen his successor as Bishop of Roskilde, while his other nephew Anders Sunesen was named the chancellor of Canute VI.

Absalon was interred at Sorø Abbey, and was succeeded as Archbishop of Lund by Anders Sunesen.

Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main source of knowledge about early Danish history.

Absalon was equally great as churchman, statesman and warrior.

The destruction of this chief sally-port of the Wendish pirates enabled Absalon considerably to reduce the Danish fleet.

Absalon reformed the Danish church organisation to closer match Holy See praxis, and worked to keep Denmark a close ally of the Holy See.

In the 2000s, " Absalon " was adopted as the name for a class of Royal Danish Navy vessels, and the lead vessel of the class.

Consisting of sixteen books written in Latin on the invitation of Archbishop Absalon, Gesta Danorum describes Danish history and to some degree Scandinavian history in general, from prehistory to the late 12th century.

* Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman

* Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund.

He lived in a period of warfare and Danish expansion, led by Archbishop Absalon and the Valdemars.

In 1168, the Danish king, Valdemar I, and his army commander and advisor, Bishop Absalon of Roskilde destroyed the Svetovid temple in the hillfort at Cape Arkona, ending both the territorial and religious autonomy of the Rani, their former monarchs became Danish princes of Rügen.

Audio feedback or acoustic feedback, often referred to simply as " feedback ", ( also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, Søren Absalon Larsen, who first discovered its principles ) is a special kind of positive feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input ( for example, a microphone or guitar pickup ) and an audio output ( for example, a loudspeaker ).

It has been suggested that first person to convert some Livonians to Christianity was Danish archbishop Absalon, who supposedly built a church in the Livonian village today known as Kolka.

* 1168: Danish expedition led by Roskilde archbishop Absalon takes the Principality of Rügen, resulting in conversion of the Rani who became Danish vassals

He was summoned to the task by the Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon.

* Absalon, bishop of Roskilde, Danish statesman and archbishop of Lund ( 209 )

He was ordained by the mighty Danish archbishop Absalon in Lund, the primate of Sweden at that time.

We know from his writing that he was in the retinue and received the patronage of Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, who was the foremost advisor to King Valdemar I.

Saxo finished the history with the Preface, which he wrote last, about 1216 under the patronage of Anders Sunesen who replaced Absalon as Archbishop of Lund.

Sweden got a new king, Sverker II of Sweden in 1196, who was related to the Danish Royal Court, whereby Absalon extended his authority over Sweden.

When Sweden got a new king, Sverker, who was related to the Danish Royal Court, Absalon extended his authority over Sweden.