Iceland (Danish dependency)

Iceland remains under Norwegian kingship until 1380, when the death of Olav IV extinguishes the Norwegian male royal line.

Norway (and thus Iceland) then became part of the Kalmar Union, along with Sweden and Denmark, with Denmark as the dominant power.

Unlike Norway, Denmark does not need Iceland's fish and homespun wool.

This creates a dramatic deficit in Iceland's trade.

The small Greenland colony, established in the late tenth century, died out completely before 1500.With the introduction of absolute monarchy in Denmark–Norway in 1660 under Frederick III, the Icelanders relinquish their autonomy to the crown, including the right to initiate and consent to legislation.

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