Scandinavia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Scandinavian unions === [[File:Kalmar Union ca. 1400.svg|thumb|The [[Kalmar Union]] ({{circa|1400}})]] [[Denmark–Norway]] as a historiographical name refers to the former political union consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including the Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The corresponding adjective and [[demonym]] is [[Dano-Norwegian (disambiguation)|Dano-Norwegian]]. During Danish rule, Norway kept its separate laws, coinage and army as well as some institutions such as a royal [[chancellor]]. Norway's old royal line had died out with the death of [[Olaf II of Denmark|Olav IV]]<ref>[http://www.kongehuset.no/dt_kongehuset_allAtOnce.asp?ogid=20&mgid=20&gid=51&aid= The Monarchy: Historical Background]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. The Royal House of Norway. Official site. Retrieved 9 November 2006. {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> in 1387, but Norway's remaining a [[history of the Norwegian monarchy|hereditary kingdom]] became an important factor for the [[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg dynasty]] of Denmark–Norway in its struggles to win elections as kings of Denmark. The [[Treaty of Kiel]] (14 January 1814) formally dissolved the Dano-Norwegian union and ceded the territory of Norway proper to the King of Sweden, but Denmark retained Norway's overseas possessions. However, widespread Norwegian resistance to the prospect of a union with Sweden induced the governor of Norway, crown prince Christian Frederick (later [[Christian VIII of Denmark]]), to call a constituent assembly at [[Eidsvoll]] in April 1814. The assembly drew up a liberal constitution and elected Christian Frederick to the throne of Norway. Following a Swedish invasion during the summer, the peace conditions of the [[Convention of Moss]] (14 August 1814) specified that king Christian Frederik had to resign, but Norway would keep its independence and its constitution within a personal union with Sweden. Christian Frederik formally abdicated on 10 August 1814 and returned to Denmark. The Norwegian parliament [[Storting]] elected king [[Charles XIII]] of Sweden as king of Norway on 4 November. The Storting [[dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolved]] the [[union between Sweden and Norway]] in 1905, after which the Norwegians elected Prince Charles of Denmark as king of Norway: he reigned as [[Haakon VII]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page