Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union was a historical union consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and various other provinces and areas. At that time, Norway included Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland, and Orkney. Parts of Finland belonged to Sweden. The union was started in 1397 when Eric of Pomerania was crowned in the town of Kalmar in Sweden. The union ended on 6 June 1523 when Sweden left the union by Gustav I.

Kalmar Union Kalmarunionen (in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish)Kalmarin unioni (in Finnish)Kalmarsambandið (in Icelandic)Kalmar unioni (in Greenlandic)Kalmarsamveldið (in Faroese)Unio Calmariensis (in Latin)
1397–1523
Flag (in use by 1430) Arms of Eric of Pomerania
Status	Personal union
Capital	Copenhagen (from 1443)
Common languages	Official use: Middle Danish, Old Swedish, Renaissance Latin Also spoken: Middle Low German, Finnish, Karelian, Middle Norwegian, Middle Icelandic, Norn, Sami languages, Greenlandic Greenlandic Norse
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Personal union
Regent
• 1387–1412a	Eric of Pomerania (first)
• 1524–33	Christian II (last)
Legislature	Riksråd and Herredag (one in each kingdom)
Historical era	Late Middle Ages
• Established	17 June 1397
• Engelbrekt rebellion	1434–36
• Stockholm Bloodbath	November 1520
• Gustav Vasa elected King of Sweden	6 June 1523
• the Danish Rigsråd annexes Norway	1536
• Disestablished	1523
• Treaty of Kiel	14 January 1814
Currency	Mark, Örtug, Öre, Swedish penning
Preceded by Succeeded by Denmark Hereditary Kingdom of Norway History of Sweden (800–1521) Denmark–Norway History of Sweden (1523–1611)
Today part of	Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland Norway Sweden Finland b Åland United Kingdomb Shetland Orkney Germanyb Schleswig Russiab Karelia
Margaret I ruled Denmark between 1387–1412 and Norway between 1388–1389. She also ruled Sweden between 1389–1412 Parts of these countries today. Back then they belonged to the three main countries of the Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

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• Stockholm Bloodbath