Denmark–Norway

Danmark–Norge
StatusPersonal union (1523–1533)
Dualistic unitary state (Real union) (1537–1814)
CapitalCopenhagen
and Oslo (Only in Norway 1523–1537)
Common languagesOfficial:
Danish, German, Renaissance Latin
Also spoken: Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Sami, Greenlandic
Religion
Lutheran
GovernmentMonarchy

Denmark
Elective monarchy 1523–1660
Hereditary absolute monarchy 1660–1814

Norway
Elective monarchy 1523–1537 (de facto) Hereditary monarchy 1537–1814
(Absolute from 1661)
King
• 1524–1533
Frederick I
• 1588–1648
Christian IV
• 1648–1670
Frederick III
• 1808–1814a
Frederick VI
Legislature
  • Riksråd and Herredag
  • Absolute monarchy 1660–1814
  • Norwegian Government commission 1807–1810
Historical eraEarly modern Europe
• Gustav Vasa elected
King of Sweden

6 June 1523
• Kalmar Union collapsed
1523
• Norwegian riksråd
abolished

1537
• Danish rigsråd
abolished

14 October 1660
Lex Regia [da; de; no] confirms
absolutism

14 November 1665
• Treaty of Brömsebro
13 August 1645
• Treaty of Roskilde
26 February 1658
• Treaty of Kiel
14 January 1814
• Congress of Vienna
September 1814 – June 1815