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July 20 th 1396
- On July 20 th 1396, Margaret published the Kalmar Treaty, a “masterly document that sealed the union of Norway, Sweden and Denmark”. The union was agreed in Kalmar, Sweden
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Jan 11, 2022 · During the middle ages Denmark was the strongest political and economic power in the North. The Kalmar Union stood from 1397 until 1523. A bloody massacre – known as the Stockholm massacre – began only four days after King Christian II of Denmark and Norway was crowned as king of Sweden 4th of November 1520.
By the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, the King of Denmark-Norway was forced to cede Norway to the King of Sweden, but Norway refused to submit to the treaty provisions, declared independence, and convoked a constituent assembly at Eidsvoll in early 1814.
On 7 January 1814, about to be overrun by Swedish, Russian, and German troops under the command of the elected crown prince of Sweden, King Frederick VI of Denmark agreed to cede Norway to the king of Sweden in order to avoid an occupation of Jutland.
With the Treaty of Kiel (January 14, 1814), Denmark gave up all its rights to Norway to the king of Sweden. It did not, however, relinquish its rights to the old Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, the Faroes, and Greenland, as England strongly opposed any buildup of Swedish power in the North Atlantic. Christian VIII.
Jan 19, 2024 · The Bronze Age was marked in the Nordic region – especially in Denmark, but also in Sweden – by a high level of culture, shown by the artifacts found in graves. After 500 BC, such artifacts become increasingly rare as iron came into more general use.
In 1448 Norway had accepted the Swedish candidate for king, Karl Knutsson, but was forced to acknowledge Christian I and to remain in the union with Denmark. In 1469 Christian pawned the Orkney and Shetland islands to the Scottish king to provide a dowry for his daughter, and the islands were never reclaimed.
