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Denmark–Norway Danmark–Norge | |||||||||||
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1523–1533 1537–1814 | |||||||||||
![]() 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 |
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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 | 487,476 km2 (188,216 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1645c | 1315000 | ||||||||||
• 1801d | 1859000 | ||||||||||
Currency | |||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway was a union between the two kingdoms Denmark and Norway, which lasted from 1536 to 1814.[2][3] During this time, 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
- 1524–1533: Frederick I
- 1588–1648: Christian IV
- 1648–1670: Frederick III
- 1808–1814: Frederick VI
References
- ↑ regjeringen.no (5 July 2011). "A Forerunner to the Norwegian Council of State". https://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/a-forerunner/id410055/.
- ↑ "Denmark" (in English). World Statesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Denmark.html. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "Norway" (in English). World Statesmen. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Norway.htm. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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