Denmark-Norway

English

Etymology

From Denmark +‎ Norway.

Proper noun

Denmark-Norway

1. (historical) A former political entity consisting of the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including overseas Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.

Usage notes

• Its existence extended over two periods:
  • 1523-1533 as a personal union under Frederick I;
  • 1537-1814 as a real union (with shared state institutions).
• The term Kingdom of Denmark is sometimes used to include both countries in the period (on the basis that political and economic power emanated from Copenhagen).

Related terms

• Dano-Norwegian

Translations

former political entity

• Armenian: Դանիայի և Նորվեգիայի միացյալ թագավորություն (Daniayi ew Norvegiayi miacʻyal tʻagavorutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: Danimarka-Norveç
• Belarusian: Данія-Нарвегія (Danija-Narvjehija)
• Bulgarian: Дания-Норвегия (Danija-Norvegija)
• Catalan: Regne de Dinamarca e Noruega m
• Czech: Dánsko-Norsko
• Danish: Danmark-Norge, Oldenborgmonarkiet n (rare)
• Dutch: Denemarken-Noorwegen
• Esperanto: Danio-Norvegio
• Estonian: Taani-Norra
• Finnish: Tanska-Norja
• French: Danemark-Norvège
• Georgian: დანიურ-ნორვეგიულ უნია (daniur-norvegiul unia), დანია-ნორვეგია (dania-norvegia), დანია-ნორვეგიის სამეფო (dania-norvegiis samepo)
• German: Dänemark-Norwegen
• Greek: Δανία-Νορβηγία (Danía-Norvigía)
• Hungarian: Dánia-Norvégia
• Icelandic: Dansk-norska ríkið n
• Italian: Danimarca-Norvegia
• Latvian: Dānija-Norvēģija
• Lithuanian: Danija-Norvegija
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Danmark-Norge

  Nynorsk: Danmark-Noreg

• Polish: Królestwo Danii i Norwegii n
• Portuguese: Reino da Dinamarca e Noruega m
• Romanian: Danemarca-Norvegia
• Russian: Дания-Норвегия f (Danija-Norvegija), Датско-норвежская уния f (Datsko-norvežskaja unija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Данска-Норвешка f

  Roman: Danska-Norveška f

• Slovak: Dánsko-Nórsko
• Slovene: Danska-Norveška
• Spanish: Reino de Dinamarca y Noruega m
• Swedish: Danmark-Norge
• Turkish: Danimarka-Norveç
• Ukrainian: Данія-Норвегія (Danija-Norvehija)

See also

• Kalmar Union
• Sweden-Norway

Further reading

• Kalmar Union on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Swedish War of Liberation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Treaty of Kiel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Union between Sweden and Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia