Canute was crowned in the first coronation in Danish history by Archbishop Eskil of Lund at Ringsted.

They met at the Skåne Assembly and chose Harald Skreng, one of Canute’s friends to represent them to the king to plead their case.

The king refused to hear Skreng out and began to gather an army to teach the peasants their place.

Canute arrived with his army and proceeded to teach the peasants a lesson with fire and sword.

"[6] The emperor flew into a rage when he received Canute's reply, but because of troubles farther south, ordered his vassal, Bogislaw I of Pomerania to invade Denmark.

The first notice of the pending invasion came from Jaromar I, Prince of Rügen who sailed to Zealand to give warning.

The king was in Jutland, and so it was left to Bishop Absalon to order every available ship from Zealand, Funen and Skåne to meet him in six days.

When the enemy failed to appear, Absalon sent out scouts to bring word when the Pomeranian fleet arrived.

In the middle of services, one of the scouts ran into the church shouting that the enemy had been sighted through the fog.

Valdemar defeated Adolf's army in the Battle of Stellau in 1201 and captured the count who spent the next three years in Søborg Tower with the archbishop.

In order to buy his freedom, the count had to turn over all his lands north of the Elbe to Duke Valdemar in 1203.

King Canute was succeeded by his younger brother Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241) who ruled from 1202 to 1241.