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Denmark–Norway

Denmark–Norway
Danmark–Norge
Personal union (1523–1533)
Dualistic unitary state (1537–1814)
1523–1533
1537–1814
Flag Coat of arms of Denmark
Map of Denmark–Norway, c. 1780
Capital Copenhagen,
also Oslo (Only in Norway: 1523-1537)
Languages Official:
Danish, German, Renaissance Latin
Also spoken: Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Sami, Greenlandic
Religion Lutheran
Government Elective monarchy 1523–1660 (Denmark)
Hereditary monarchy 1660–1814 (Denmark)
(Absolutism since 1660)
Elective monarchy 1523–1537 (Norway (de facto))
Hereditary monarchy 1537–1814 (Absolutism since 1661)
King
 •  1524–1533 Frederick I
 •  1588–1648 Christian IV
 •  1648–1670 Frederick III
 •  1808–1814a Frederick VI
Legislature Riksråd and Herredag
Historical era Early modern Europe
 •  Gustav Vasa elected
    King of Sweden
June 6, 1523
 •  Kalmar Union collapsed 1523 1523
 •  Norwegian riksråd
    abolished
1537
 •  Danish rigsråd
    abolished
October 14, 1660
 •  Lex Regia confirms
    absolutism
November 14, 1665
 •  Treaty of Brömsebro August 13, 1645
 •  Treaty of Roskilde February 26, 1658
 •  Treaty of Kiel January 14, 1814 1533
1537–1814
 •  Congress of Vienna Sept. 1814 – June 1815
Area
 •  1780b 487,476 km² (188,216 sq mi)
Population
 •  1645c est. 1,315,000 
 •  1801d est. 1,859,000 
Currency
Preceded by 		Succeeded by
Kalmar Union
Denmark
Kingdom of Norway (1814)
Today part of

As territory

As colonies
  • a: Frederick VI was regent for his father, so ruled as de facto king from April 14, 1784; he continued to rule Denmark after the Treaty of Kiel until his death on December 3, 1839.
  • b: Denmark (43,094 km2 or 16,639 sq mi), Schleswig-Holstein (15,763 km2 or 6,086 sq mi), Norway (mainland: 324,220 km2 or 125,180 sq mi), Faroes (1,399 km2 or 540 sq mi), Iceland (103,000 km2 or 40,000 sq mi). (With Greenland: additional 2,175,600 km2 or 840,000 sq mi.)
  • c: Estimated 825,000 in Denmark, 440,000 in Norway and 50,000 in Iceland
  • d: 929,000 in Denmark, 883,000 in Norway and 47,000 in Iceland

As territory

As colonies

Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norge) was an early modern multi-national and multi-lingual state consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including Norwegian regions Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, et cetera), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein. The state also claimed sovereignty over two historical peoples: Wends and Goths. In addition, the state included colonies: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Ghana, Tharangambadi, Serampore, and Nicobar Islands. The state's inhabitants were mainly Danes, Norwegians (along with Inuit and Sami), and Germans. The state's largest cities were Copenhagen, Altona, Bergen, Trondheim, and Christiania (Oslo).


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