Denmark-Norway

Denmark-Norway is a term (or a kind of name used about) the union between Denmark and Norway. The union was a kind that is called a real union. The name Denmark-Norway, is a modern name. It came into use some time after the union had ended.

Denmark–Norway (Danish and Norwegian: Danmark–Norgecode: da is deprecated )
1537–1814
Flag of Denmark Norway
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Map of Denmark–Norway, c. 1780 Map of Denmark–Norway, c. 1780
Status	Dual monarchy (Real union) (1537–1814)
Capital	Copenhagen
Common languages	Official: Danish, German, Renaissance Latin Also spoken: Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Sami languages, Greenlandic, North Frisian
Religion	Lutheran
Government	Monarchy Denmark: Elective monarchy (1537–1660) Hereditary absolute monarchy (1660–1814) Norway: (de facto) Hereditary monarchy (1537–1814) (de facto) Absolute monarchy (from 1661)
King
• 1537–1559	Christian III (first)
• 1588–1648	Christian IV (longest)
• 1648–1670	Frederick III
• 1808–1814a	Frederick VI (last)
Legislature	Riksråd and Herredag 1537–1660 Norwegian Government commission 1807–1810
Historical era	Early modern Europe
• Gustav Vasa elected     King of Sweden	6 June 1523
•	1537
• Norwegian riksrådcode: no is deprecated     abolished	1537
• Treaty of Brömsebro	13 August 1645
• Treaty of Roskilde	26 February 1658
• Danish rigsrådcode: da is deprecated     abolished	14 October 1660
• Lex Regia confirms     absolutism	14 November 1665
•	14 January 1814
• Congress of Vienna	September 1814 – June 1815
Area
1800	2,655,567 km2 (1,025,320 sq mi)
Population
• 1645b	1,315,000
• 1801c	1,859,000
Currency	Danish rigsdaler (1625–1814) Norwegian rigsdaler (1625–1814)
Preceded by Succeeded by 22px Kalmar Union Danish Unitary State 20px Sweden–Norway 20px Norway 20px County of Larvik (1814–1817)[6] 22px
Today part of	Denmark Norway Iceland Germany
a: Frederick VI was regent for his father, so ruled as de facto king from 14 April 1784; he continued to rule Denmark after the Treaty of Kiel until his death on 3 December 1839. b: Estimated 825,000 in Denmark, 440,000 in Norway and 50,000 in Iceland c: 929,000 in Denmark, 883,000 in Norway and 47,000 in Iceland

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.

Borders between nations, sometimes change. Denmark-Norway had (some) land in what today is

• Faroe Islands
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• Iceland
• Sweden
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• Latvia
• Germany

Denmark-Norway had a small colony in each of the following places

• Present-day Saint Thomas and Saint Croix, United States and present-day Saint John.
• India
• Gambia

Monarchs

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

Denmark-Norway Media

• Denmark-Norway and possessions.png

  Denmark–Norway and its possessions, c. 1800

• Carta Marina.jpeg

  The Carta marinacode: la is deprecated , an early map of the Nordic countries, made around the end of the Kalmar Union and the start of Denmark–Norway

• Helsingor 1588.jpg

  Artwork depicting ships passing by the city of Helsingborg, which overlooked the Oresund

• Christian IV Pieter Isaacsz 1612.jpg

  Christian IV of Denmark-Norway

• The Treaty of Brömsebro, 1645:     Denmark–Norway*     Sweden*     The provinces of Jemtland, Herjedalen, Idre & Serna and the Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel, which were ceded to Sweden*     The province of Halland, ceded for 30 years

• The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 RMG BHC0529.tiff

  The Battle of Copenhagen in 1801