Kalmar Union

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historical state personal union political union

The Kalmar Union was a late medieval political union that united the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (including their overseas territories) under a single monarch from 1397 to the early 16th century.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Kalmar Union canonical	21
Kalmar Union monarchy	2
Kalmar Union (as overarching union before independent Vasa rule in Sweden)	1
Kalmar Union (as ruling power in Sweden)	1
Kalmar Union (in its final phase, as related realms)	1
Kalmar Union agreement	1
Kalmar Union authorities	1
Kalmar meeting of 1397	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical state ⓘ personal union ⓘ political union ⓘ
aim	unification of Scandinavian kingdoms ⓘ
capital	Copenhagen ⓘ Kalmar ⓘ
conflict	Dano-Swedish conflicts of the late 17th century ⓘ surface form: Dano-Swedish wars Engelbrekt rebellion ⓘ Stockholm Bloodbath ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Denmark ⓘ Norway ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
dissolved	1523 ⓘ
endTime	1523 ⓘ
event	Kalmar Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kalmar meeting of 1397
formedByTreaty	Kalmar Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kalmar Union agreement
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
inception	1397 ⓘ
includesTerritory	Faroe Islands ⓘ Finland ⓘ Greenland ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Shetland ⓘ
language	Danish ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
monarch	Christian I of Denmark ⓘ Christian II of Denmark ⓘ Christopher of Bavaria ⓘ Eric of Pomerania ⓘ Eric of Pomerania ⓘ surface form: John of Denmark Margaret I of Denmark ⓘ
namedAfter	Kalmar ⓘ
notableLeader	Margaret I of Denmark ⓘ
politicalCenter	Denmark ⓘ
predecessor	Denmark ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
reasonForEnd	Swedish War of Liberation ⓘ
region	Scandinavia ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	1397 ⓘ
successor	Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
unionType	personal union under a single monarch ⓘ union of crowns ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sweden → historicalUnion → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Swedish Empire → precededBy → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Northern Europe → hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Kalmar Union → event → Kalmar Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar meeting of 1397

Kalmar Union → formedByTreaty → Kalmar Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union agreement

Scandinavia → historicalEntity → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Denmark–Norway → predecessor → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) → follows → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) → precededBy → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Danish monarchy → historicalPrecursor → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union monarchy

Lord High Steward of Sweden → associatedWithPeriod → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Swedish monarchy → historicalUnion → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Council of the Realm (Norway) → historicalPeriod → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Kingdom of Sweden → historicalUnion → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Danish–Hanseatic War → belligerent → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Danish–Hanseatic War → opponentOf → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union monarchy

Christian II of Denmark → associatedWith → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Engelbrekt rebellion → opponent → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union authorities

Stockholm Bloodbath → partOfHistoryOf → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Swedish War of Liberation → precededBy → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Swedish War of Liberation → relatedTo → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Christopher of Bavaria → partOf → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Vasa → predecessor → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union (as ruling power in Sweden)

Frederick I of Denmark → partOf → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union (in its final phase, as related realms)

King of the Danes → associatedWithUnion → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Eastern Settlement, Greenland → laterSovereign → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Dorothea of Denmark, Queen of Norway → realm → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Gustav Eriksson → associatedWith → Kalmar Union ⓘ

Vasa dynasty → precededBy → Kalmar Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kalmar Union (as overarching union before independent Vasa rule in Sweden)