Kalmar Union
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The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Den
Margaret I of Denmark
Christopher of Bavaria
Christian I of Denmark
Hans, King of Denmark
Denmark–Norway
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Denmark–Norway was a 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real union consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway, the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein. Th
Kalmar Union
…separate kingdom and its own laws, but its council and other central institutions were dissolved, and it became politically subordinate to Denmark. This Denmark–Norway union lasted nearly three centuries, until Norway was ceded to Sweden in 1814. The later Swedish–Norwegian union lasted until 1905, when Prince Carl of Denmark…
Artwork depicting ships passing by the city of Helsingør, which overlooked the Oresund
Christian IV of Denmark–Norway
The Battle of Copenhagen in 1801