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Kingdom of Denmark Kongeriget Danmark (Danish)
Flag
Capital	Jelling
Common languages	Old Danish Medieval Latin
Religion	Ásatrú Roman Catholic
Demonym(s)	Danish Dane
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
1523–1533 from 1537
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Denmark–Norway, c. 1780
Status	Personal union (1523–1533) Dual monarchy (Real union) (from 1537)
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 Denmark: Elective monarchy 1523–1660 Hereditary absolute monarchy from 1660 Norway: Elective monarchy 1523–1537 (de facto) Hereditary monarchy from 1537 (de facto) Absolute monarchy from 1661
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	Riksråd and Herredag
Historical era	Early modern Europe
• Gustav Vasa elected     King of Sweden	6 June 1523
• Kalmar Union collapsed	1523
• Norwegian riksråd     abolished	1537
• Danish rigsråd     abolished	14 October 1660
• Lex Regia confirms     absolutism	14 November 1665
• Treaty of Brömsebro	13 August 1645
• Treaty of Roskilde	26 February 1658
Area
1780a	487,476 km2 (188,216 sq mi)
Population
• 1645b	1,315,000
• 1780c	1,616,000
Currency	Danish rigsdaler Norwegian rigsdaler
Preceded by Kalmar Union
a: Denmark (43,094 km2 or 16,639 sq mi), Schleswig-Holstein (15,763 km2 or 6,086 sq mi), Norway (mainland: 324,220 km2 or 125,180 sq mi), Faroes (1,399 km2 or 540 sq mi), Iceland (103,000 km2 or 40,000 sq mi). (With Greenland: additional 2,175,600 km2 or 840,000 sq mi.) b: Estimated 825,000 in Denmark, 440,000 in Norway and 50,000 in Iceland c: 842,000 in Denmark, 724,000 in Norway and 50,000 in Iceland

Battle of Helsingborg
Part of First Danish–Hanseatic War
Helsingborg in 1588, dominated by the citadel
Date 8 July 1362 Location Øresund off Helsingborg Result Danish victory Treaty of Vordingborg (1365) Confederation of Cologne Marriage between Margaret of Denmark and Håkon VI Aristocratic Coup against Magnus IV Territorial changes Sweden surrenders control over Skåneland and Gotland to Denmark
Belligerents
Denmark	Hanseatic League Holstein-Rendsburg supported by  Sweden  Norway
Commanders and leaders
Valdemar IV Christopher	Johann Wittenborg Henrik II of Holstein Claus of Holstein supported by  Magnus IV  Håkon VI
Strength
Ships capable of carrying 2,500 men	2,240 men 27 cogs, 25 snekkes
Casualties and losses
	12 cogs