Denmark-Norway
Nordic dual monarchy
Denmark-Norway was a unified state comprising the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway from 1524 to 1814, governed from Copenhagen.
The union ended when Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars.
The term appears mainly in historical contexts: Denmark-Norway controlled extensive North Atlantic territories including Iceland and Greenland.
German dairy cattle breed
- CopenhagenDenmark's capital city
- OsloNorway's chief city
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
- IcelandNordic island republic
Former German grand duchy
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- CopenhagenDenmark's capital city
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
dynasty · sovereign · regent · succession · hereditary · nobility · court · regalia
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- HanseaticOf medieval trading alliance
Largest island on Earth
- IcelandNordic island republic
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Holstein
German dairy cattle breed
- CopenhagenDenmark's capital city
- OsloNorway's chief city
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
Iceland · dissolution · 1814
Oldenburg
Former German grand duchy
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- CopenhagenDenmark's capital city
crown · dynasty · sovereign · regent · succession · hereditary · nobility · court · regalia
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason over dogma
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
Greenland
Largest island on Earth
- IcelandNordic island republic
- missionaryReligious outreach worker
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
Øresund
Scandinavian strait
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- navigationDetermining position and course
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
whaling · fishing · dockyard · harbor · Bergen · coastline · lighthouse