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.

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

Eskil agreed on canonizing Valdemar's father Knud Lavard in 1170, with Absalon assisting him at the feast.

Absalon initially resisted the new position, as he did not want to lose his power position on Zealand, but complied with Papal orders to do so in 1178.

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.

Valdemar and Absalon built Denmark into a major power in the Baltic Sea, a power which later competed with the Hanseatic League, the counts of Holstein, and the Teutonic Knights for trade, territory, and influence throughout the Baltic.

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.

But on Eystein's death Sverre renewed his attacks, and Archbishop Eric had to leave the country and take refuge with Archbishop Absalon of Lund.

From the middle of the 12th century it grew in importance after coming into the possession of Bishop Absalon, and the city was fortified with a stone wall during the 13th century.

However, Virum did not stay with Absalon for long: he soon decided to give the town to the bishop of Roskilde as a friendly gesture.

It is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon.

It was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy ( Danish Sorø Akademi ) and Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Absalon is buried, along with other notable Danes, including royalty.

However, work was slow, and when Absalon was forced to surrender his position as Bishop of Roskilde in 1191, only the two floors of the apse, the choir towers and part of the transept had been completed.

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Laurits Tuxen: Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169.

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

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.

In 1168 during the Northern Crusades, Denmark mounted a crusade led by Bishop Absalon and King Valdemar the Great against the Wends of Rugia in order to convert them to Christianity.

Geble Pedersson ( c. 1490 — 1557 ) was the first Lutheran Bishop of Bergen and a man of broad humanistic views ; his adopted son, Absalon Pederssøn Beyer ( 1528 — 1575 ), followed in his footsteps as a humanist and a nationalist, writing an important historical work, Concerning the Kingdom of Norway ( 1567 ).

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.

Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169

Asserbo Castle, which lies in the woods of Tisvilde Hegn, was founded by Bishop Absalon in the 12th century and was used as a monastery for monks of the Cistercian Order, originally invited from France.

In the 13th century the town was the scene of activities involving both Bishop Absalon and Valdemar the Great.

Image: Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona. PNG | Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona in 1169.

In around 1160, Valdemar I gave control of Copenhagen to Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde.

According to the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Bishop Absalon of Roskilde built a castle in 1167 on a small island outside Copenhagen Harbour.

Absalon | Danish Bishop Absalon destroys the idol of Slavic mythology | Slavic god Svantevit at Cape Arkona | Arkona in a painting by Laurits Tuxen.

Sorø was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy ( Danish Sorø Akademi ).

Also built that year was Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon and Margaret I of Denmark were buried ( she was later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde ).

The modern town of Virum first came about during the 12th century when the town was given, by the Pope, to Bishop Absalon.

Absalon first appears in Saxo Grammaticus's contemporary chronicle Gesta Danorum at the end of the civil war, at the brokering of the peace agreement between Sweyn III and Valdemar at St. Alban's Priory, Odense.

Both Absalon and Valdemar narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of Sweyn on this occasion, and escaped to Jutland, whither Sweyn followed them.

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.

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

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

However, during the schism between Pope Alexander III and Antipope Victor IV, Absalon stayed loyal to Valdemar even as he joined the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barberossa in supporting Victor IV.

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 ).

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.

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

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.

When Eskil stepped down as Archbishop of Lund in 1177, he chose Absalon as his successor.