The dissolution of the Dano-Norwegian union is…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

The dissolution of the Dano-Norwegian union is demanded by the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna, and this is confirmed by the Treaty of Kiel in 1814.

The treaty transfers Heligoland to Great Britain and Norway from the Danish to the Swedish crown, and Denmark is to be satisfied with Swedish Pomerania, but the Norwegians revolt, declare their independence, and elect crown-prince Christian Frederick (the future Christian VIII) as their king.

However, the Norwegian independence movement fails to attract any support from the European powers.

After a brief war with Sweden, Christian has to abdicate in order to preserve Norwegian autonomy, established in a personal union with Sweden.

In favor of the Kingdom of Prussia, Denmark renounces her claims to Swedish Pomerania at the Congress of Vienna (1815), and instead is satisfied with the Duchy of Lauenburg and a Prussian payment of 3.5 million talers.

Prussia also takes over a Danish 600,000-taler debt to Sweden.

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Christian VIII of Denmark View →

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Danes (North Germanic tribe) View → Icelanders (Scandinavians) View → Greenland, Norwegian Crown Colony of View → Norwegians (Scandinavians) View → Iceland (Danish dependency) View → Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Denmark-Norway, Kingdom of View → Norway, dependent Danish kingdom of View → Prussia, Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Pomerania, Swedish View → Russian Empire View → France, (first) Empire of View → Norway, dependent Swedish kingdom of View → Lauenburg, Duchy of View → Denmark, Kingdom of View →

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