Kalmar Union
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The Kalmar Union was a political agreement that united three separate kingdoms—Denmark, Sweden, and Norway—under a single ruler for about 126 years, starting in 1397. It matters because it represents an important period in northern European history when these regions were governed together, though the union eventually dissolved when Sweden broke away in 1523.
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Margaret I ruled Denmark 1387–1412, Norway 1388–1389, and Sweden 1389–1412 Christian II ruled Denmark and Norway 1513–1523; Sweden 1520–1521
The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden (then including much of present-day Finland), and Norway, together with Norway's maritime colonies (then including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland).
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