Denmark-Norway

Denmark–Norway
*Danmark–Norge*
Denmark–Norway Danmark–Norge
1523–1533; 1537–1814
	Flag Coat of arms
	Map of Denmark–Norway, c. 1780
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	Riksråd and Herredag; Absolute monarchy 1660–1814; Norwegian Government commission 1807–1810;
Historical era	Early modern Europe
• Gustav Vasa elected; King of Sweden	; June 6, 1523
• Kalmar Union collapsed	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
• Congress of Vienna	September 1814 – June 1815
Area
1780b	487,476 km2 (188,216 sq mi)
Population
• 1645c	1315000
• 1801d	1859000
Currency	Danish rigsdaler; Norwegian rigsdaler;
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kalmar Union
Denmark
Kingdom of Norway (1814)
Today part of	As territory Denmark ; ∟ Faroe Islands ; ∟ Greenland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; Estonia; Latvia; United States (1600–1680); Germany; As colonies United States (1754–); India; Ghana;

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.^[2]^[3] 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.

Monarchs Edit

1524–1533: Frederick I
1588–1648: Christian IV
1648–1670: Frederick III
1808–1814: Frederick VI

References Edit

↑ regjeringen.no (5 July 2011). "A Forerunner to the Norwegian Council of State". Government.no.
↑ "Denmark". World Statesmen. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
↑ "Norway". World Statesmen. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[1] regjeringen.no (5 July 2011). "A Forerunner to the Norwegian Council of State". Government.no.

[2] "Denmark". World Statesmen. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[3] "Norway". World Statesmen. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

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