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Denmark?Norway
Danmark?Norge
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Map of Denmark?Norway,
c.
1780
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Status
| Personal union
(1523?1533)
Dualistic
unitary state
(1537?1814)
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Capital
| Copenhagen
and
Oslo
(Only in Norway 1523?1537)
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Common languages
| Official:
Danish
,
German
,
Renaissance Latin
Also spoken:
Norwegian
,
Icelandic
,
Faroese
,
Sami
,
Greenlandic
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Religion
| Lutheran
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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)
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King
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? 1524?1533
| Frederick I
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? 1588?1648
| Christian IV
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? 1648?1670
| Frederick III
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? 1808?1814
a
| Frederick VI
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Legislature
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Historical era
| Early modern Europe
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| June 6, 1523
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| 1523
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| 1537
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| October 14, 1660
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| November 14, 1665
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? Treaty of Bromsebro
| August 13, 1645
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? Treaty of Roskilde
| February 26, 1658
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? Treaty of Kiel
| January 14, 1814
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? Congress of Vienna
| September 1814 ? June 1815
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1780
b
| 487,476 km
2
(188,216 sq mi)
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? 1645
c
| 1315000
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? 1801
d
| 1859000
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Currency
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Today part of
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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
.
- 1524?1533: Frederick I
- 1588?1648: Christian IV
- 1648?1670: Frederick III
- 1808?1814: Frederick VI