Denmark–Norway Danmark–Norge | |||||||||||
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1523–1533 1537–1814 | |||||||||||
Status | Personal union (1523–1533) Dualistic unitary state (1537–1814) | ||||||||||
Capital | Copenhagen and Oslo (Only in Norway 1523–1537) | ||||||||||
Common 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 |
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Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||||
June 6, 1523 | |||||||||||
• | 1523 | ||||||||||
1537 | |||||||||||
October 14, 1660 | |||||||||||
November 14, 1665 | |||||||||||
• Treaty of Brömsebro | August 13, 1645 | ||||||||||
• Treaty of Roskilde | February 26, 1658 | ||||||||||
• | January 14, 1814 | ||||||||||
• Congress of Vienna | September 1814 – June 1815 | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1780b | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1645c | 1315000 | ||||||||||
• 1801d | 1859000 | ||||||||||
Currency | |||||||||||
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Today part of | As territory
As colonies |
The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway was a union between the two kingdoms Denmark and Norway. They were previously in the Kalmar Union with Sweden. The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway lasted from 1536 to 1814. The capital of both countries was Copenhagen, and they shared the same military. The kingdom also possessed colonies in Greenland, Iceland, Africa, the Caribbean and India. view more...