General Notes

Frederick V (1723-66), king of Denmark and Norway (1746-66), son and successor
of Christian VI. Little interested in the affairs of state, he left control of
the government largely to his foreign minister, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von
Bernstorff, who served Frederick in that capacity from 1751 until 1770.
Frederick was a patron of learning. He founded a military academy in Soro,
Denmark, and established schools in Bergen and Trondheim, Norway, for the
education of Laplanders. In Copenhagen he established academies of printing
and sculpture. During Frederick's reign, trade in Asia and the Americas was
stimulated and the national wealth was increased.