Territorial change of Denmark–Norway (Denmark-Norway)

“Denmark–Norway”(Denmark-Norway) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1526 to 1940. Its territory was largest in AD 1626 – 1628, at ≈ 634 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1526 – 1563	≈ 612 thousand km²
AD 1564 – 1571	≈ 568 thousand km²
AD 1572 – 1594	≈ 616 thousand km²
AD 1595 – 1611	≈ 621 thousand km²
AD 1612 – 1618	≈ 621 thousand km²
AD 1619 – 1621	≈ 621 thousand km²
AD 1622 – 1625	≈ 622 thousand km²
AD 1626 – 1628	≈ 634 thousand km²
AD 1629 – 1631	≈ 604 thousand km²
AD 1632 – 1644	≈ 621 thousand km²
AD 1645 – 1658	≈ 551 thousand km²
AD 1659 – 1661	≈ 472 thousand km²
AD 1662 – 1669	≈ 518 thousand km²
AD 1670 – 1708	≈ 521 thousand km²
AD 1709 – 1712	≈ 521 thousand km²
AD 1713 – 1717	≈ 535 thousand km²
AD 1718 – 1720	≈ 535 thousand km²
AD 1721 – 1743	≈ 529 thousand km²
AD 1744 – 1774	≈ 529 thousand km²
AD 1775 – 1806	≈ 526 thousand km²
AD 1807 – 1808	≈ 526 thousand km²
AD 1809 – 1813	≈ 526 thousand km²
AD 1814 – 1814	≈ 185 thousand km²
AD 1815 – 1847	≈ 182 thousand km²
AD 1848 – 1852	≈ 161 thousand km²
AD 1853 – 1863	≈ 182 thousand km²
AD 1864 – 1921	≈ 160 thousand km²
AD 1922 – 1935	≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1939	≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 1940 – 1940	≈ 1,430 km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1626 – 1628 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1526	≈ 612 thousand km²	18 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 612 thousand km²	18 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 612 thousand km²	18 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 612 thousand km²	17 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 612 thousand km²	18 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 612 thousand km²	18 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 612 thousand km²	17 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 568 thousand km²	19 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 616 thousand km²	19 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 616 thousand km²	19 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 616 thousand km²	18 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 616 thousand km²	17 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 621 thousand km²	16 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 622 thousand km²	15 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 634 thousand km²	14 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 604 thousand km²	15 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 621 thousand km²	15 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 621 thousand km²	17 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 621 thousand km²	18 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 621 thousand km²	17 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 551 thousand km²	19 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 551 thousand km²	19 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 551 thousand km²	19 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 472 thousand km²	19 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 518 thousand km²	19 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 521 thousand km²	19 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 521 thousand km²	20 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 521 thousand km²	22 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 521 thousand km²	20 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 521 thousand km²	20 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 521 thousand km²	19 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 521 thousand km²	20 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 521 thousand km²	20 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 521 thousand km²	19 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 521 thousand km²	17 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 521 thousand km²	19 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 535 thousand km²	17 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 535 thousand km²	18 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 529 thousand km²	20 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 529 thousand km²	21 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 529 thousand km²	21 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 529 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 529 thousand km²	18 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 529 thousand km²	19 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 526 thousand km²	19 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 526 thousand km²	19 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 526 thousand km²	19 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 526 thousand km²	19 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 526 thousand km²	19 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 526 thousand km²	22 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 526 thousand km²	21 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 125
AD 1806	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 138
AD 1807	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 132
AD 1809	≈ 526 thousand km²	20 of 131
AD 1811	≈ 526 thousand km²	22 of 131
AD 1812	≈ 526 thousand km²	22 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 185 thousand km²	49 of 142
AD 1815	≈ 182 thousand km²	44 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 182 thousand km²	42 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 182 thousand km²	46 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 182 thousand km²	48 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 182 thousand km²	50 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 182 thousand km²	50 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 182 thousand km²	50 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 182 thousand km²	54 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 182 thousand km²	56 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 182 thousand km²	56 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 161 thousand km²	54 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 161 thousand km²	54 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 182 thousand km²	53 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 182 thousand km²	52 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 182 thousand km²	53 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 182 thousand km²	53 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 182 thousand km²	53 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 160 thousand km²	55 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 160 thousand km²	53 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 160 thousand km²	52 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 160 thousand km²	51 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 160 thousand km²	51 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 160 thousand km²	51 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 160 thousand km²	48 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 160 thousand km²	46 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 160 thousand km²	47 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 160 thousand km²	48 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 160 thousand km²	47 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 160 thousand km²	49 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 160 thousand km²	48 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 160 thousand km²	47 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 160 thousand km²	45 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 160 thousand km²	46 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 160 thousand km²	46 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 160 thousand km²	44 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 160 thousand km²	44 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 160 thousand km²	43 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 160 thousand km²	43 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 160 thousand km²	43 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 160 thousand km²	44 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 160 thousand km²	46 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 160 thousand km²	47 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 160 thousand km²	51 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 160 thousand km²	50 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 53 thousand km²	73 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 53 thousand km²	71 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 53 thousand km²	70 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 53 thousand km²	70 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 53 thousand km²	70 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 53 thousand km²	70 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 53 thousand km²	71 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 53 thousand km²	74 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 53 thousand km²	73 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 53 thousand km²	73 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 53 thousand km²	72 of 86
AD 1940	≈ 1,430 km²	75 of 77

Its highest rank was in AD 1626: number 109 of 14.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Swedish Empire — 134 frames
Holy Roman Empire — 71 frames
Tsardom of Russia — 65 frames
Dutch Republic — 64 frames
German Empire — 61 frames
Kingdom of England — 51 frames
Asante Empire — 44 frames
Union between Sweden and Norway — 37 frames
Kingdom of France — 31 frames
Electorate of Hanover — 30 frames
Free City of Lübeck — 26 frames
Duchy of Mecklenburg — 21 frames
Hamburg — 21 frames
Kingdom of Hanover — 12 frames
United States — 11 frames
Kingdom of Prussia — 9 frames
Habsburg monarchy — 6 frames
German Confederation — 4 frames
Kingdom of Iceland — 3 frames
North German Confederation — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 7 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1659	lost	Swedish Empire	≈ 79 thousand km²
AD 1645	lost	Swedish Empire	≈ 70 thousand km²
AD 1564	lost	Sweden	≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 1572	gained	Sweden	≈ 56 thousand km²
AD 1662	gained	Swedish Empire	≈ 54 thousand km²
AD 1940	lost	Nazi Germany	≈ 51 thousand km²
AD 1629	lost	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 25 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kalmar Union

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Denmark–Norway was a 16th-to-19th-century multi-national and multi-lingual real union consisting of the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the then Norwegian overseas possessions: the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and other possessions), the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Duchy of Holstein.

Wikipedia (English) “Denmark–Norway”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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