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.

Aliases (2)

Kalmar Union agreement ×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 wars → Engelbrekt rebellion → Stockholm Bloodbath →
continent	Europe →
country	Denmark → Norway → Sweden →
dissolved	1523 →
endTime	1523 →
event	Kalmar meeting of 1397 →
formedByTreaty	Kalmar Union agreement →
governmentForm	monarchy →
historicalEra	Late Middle Ages →
inception	1397 →
includesTerritory	Faroe Islands → Finland → Greenland → Iceland → Orkney → Shetland →
language	Danish → Norwegian → Swedish →
locatedIn	Northern Europe →
monarch	Christian I of Denmark → Christian II of Denmark → Christopher of Bavaria → Eric of Pomerania → John of Denmark → Margaret I of Denmark →
namedAfter	Kalmar →
notableLeader	Margaret I of Denmark →
politicalCenter	Denmark →
predecessor	Kingdom of Denmark → Kingdom of Norway → Kingdom of Sweden →
reasonForEnd	Swedish War of Liberation →
region	Scandinavia →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
startTime	1397 →
successor	Kingdom of Denmark–Norway → Kingdom of Sweden →
unionType	personal union under a single monarch → union of crowns →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kalmar Union ("Kalmar meeting of 1397") →	event
Kalmar Union ("Kalmar Union agreement") →	formedByTreaty
Northern Europe →	hasHistoricalInfluenceFrom
Scandinavia →	historicalEntity
Sweden →	historicalUnion
Swedish Empire →	precededBy
Denmark–Norway →	predecessor