Canute V of Denmark

Canute V Magnussen (c. 1129–1157) was the son of Magnus the Strong. After Eric III abdicated in 1146, Jutland's magnates proclaimed Canute king while Zealand and Scania crowned Sweyn III, opening years of civil war. Canute joined Sweyn on the Wendish Crusade in 1147 but was defeated by him in Jutland in 1150 and fled to Sweden.

A 1152 settlement left him Sweyn's inferior co-ruler, and a 1157 tripartition gave him Zealand; Sweyn's men killed him at the Bloodfeast of Roskilde later that year.