- Kalmarunionen(in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish)Kalmarin unioni(in Finnish)Kalmarsambandið(in Icelandic)Kalmar unioni(in Greenlandic)Kalmarsamveldið(in Faroese)Unio Calmariensis(in Latin)
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| 1397–1523 |
Arms of Eric of Pomerania |
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| Status | Personal union |
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| Capital | Copenhagen (from 1443) |
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| Common languages | Official use:Middle Danish,Old Swedish,Renaissance Latin
Also spoken:Middle Low German,Finnish,Karelian,Middle Norwegian,Middle Icelandic,Norn,Sami languages,GreenlandicGreenlandic Norse |
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Government | Personal union |
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| Regent | |
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• 1387–1412a | Eric of Pomerania(first) |
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• 1524–33 | Christian II(last) |
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| Legislature | Riksråd andHerredag (one in each kingdom) |
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| Historical era | Late Middle Ages |
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• Established | 17 June 1397 |
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• Engelbrekt rebellion | 1434–36 |
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• Stockholm Bloodbath | November 1520 |
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| 6 June 1523 |
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| 1536 |
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• Disestablished | 1523 |
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• Treaty of Kiel | 14 January 1814 |
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| Currency | Mark,Örtug,Öre,Swedish penning |
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| Today part of | |
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- Margaret I ruled Denmark between 1387–1412 and Norway between 1388–1389. She also ruled Sweden between 1389–1412
- Parts of these countries today. Back then they belonged to the three main countries of the Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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