Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark (Danish) | |
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Flag | |
Capital | Jelling |
Common languages | Old Danish Medieval Latin |
Religion | Ásatrú Roman Catholic |
Demonym(s) | |
Government | Tribal monarchy |
• Monarch | Gorm the Old |
Legislature | Landstinget |
Historical era | |
• Consolidation | c. 8th century |
• Translocated | September, 9 AD |
Population | |
• Estimate | 620.000 |
Denmark–Norway Danmark–Norge | |||||||
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1523–1533 from 1537 | |||||||
Status |
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Capital | Copenhagen and Oslo (Only in Norway 1523–1537) | ||||||
Common languages | Official: Danish, German, Renaissance Latin Also spoken: Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Sami, Greenlandic, North Frisian | ||||||
Religion | Lutheran | ||||||
Government | Monarchy
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King | |||||||
• 1524–1533 | Frederick I | ||||||
• 1588–1648 | Christian IV | ||||||
• 1648–1670 | Frederick III | ||||||
• 1670-1699 | Christian V | ||||||
• 1699-1730 | Frederick IV | ||||||
• 1730-1746 | Christian VI | ||||||
• 1746-1766 | Frederick V | ||||||
• from 1766 | Christian VII | ||||||
Legislature | |||||||
Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||
6 June 1523 | |||||||
• Kalmar Union collapsed | 1523 | ||||||
1537 | |||||||
14 October 1660 | |||||||
14 November 1665 | |||||||
13 August 1645 | |||||||
26 February 1658 | |||||||
Area | |||||||
1780a | 487,476 km2 (188,216 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1645b | 1,315,000 | ||||||
• 1780c | 1,616,000 | ||||||
Currency | |||||||
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Battle of Helsingborg | |||||||||
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Part of First Danish–Hanseatic War | |||||||||
Helsingborg in 1588, dominated by the citadel | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Denmark |
Hanseatic League
Holstein-Rendsburg
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Valdemar IV Christopher |
Johann Wittenborg | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Ships capable of carrying 2,500 men |
2,240 men 27 cogs, 25 snekkes | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
12 cogs |