Denmark and southern Scandinavia

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Denmark and southern Scandinavia comprise the region around the Danish kingdom and its neighboring Scandinavian territories that served as a key battleground in mid-17th-century conflicts among Northern European powers.

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Surface form Occurrences
Southern Scandinavia 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern conflict zone
historical region
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Brömsebro NERFINISHED
Treaty of Copenhagen (1660) NERFINISHED
Treaty of Roskilde NERFINISHED
bordersOn Baltic Sea NERFINISHED
Kattegat NERFINISHED
North Sea NERFINISHED
Skagerrak NERFINISHED
Øresund NERFINISHED
conflictType inter-state war theatre
economicImportance control of Baltic maritime trade
geopoliticalRole buffer zone between continental Europe and the Baltic
hasPart Blekinge NERFINISHED
Danish islands
Funen NERFINISHED
Halland NERFINISHED
Jutland Peninsula NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
Scania NERFINISHED
Zealand NERFINISHED
southern Norway NERFINISHED
southern Sweden NERFINISHED
involvedPower Dutch Republic NERFINISHED
Electorate of Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED
locatedIn Northern Europe
militaryFeature naval operations in surrounding seas
sieges of coastal fortresses
politicalRole contested frontier between Denmark–Norway and Sweden
relatedTo Baltic trade routes NERFINISHED
Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED
religionContext predominantly Lutheran Christian region
resultedIn Swedish expansion in the Baltic region
territorial losses for Denmark–Norway
strategicImportance control of Baltic Sea access
control of Øresund tolls
timePeriod mid-17th century
wasBattlegroundIn Dano-Swedish War of 1657–1658 NERFINISHED
Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 NERFINISHED
Northern Wars NERFINISHED
Second Northern War NERFINISHED
Torstenson War NERFINISHED

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Second Northern War theatre Denmark and southern Scandinavia
Northwestern Europe includesRegion Denmark and southern Scandinavia
this entity surface form: Southern Scandinavia