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The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norway's possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. The term Kingdom of Denmark is often used to include Norway in the period 1536- 1814. The term covers the "royal part" of the Oldenburgs' as it was in 1460, excluding the "ducal part" of Schleswig and Holstein.

In the aftermath of Sweden's definite secession from the Kalmar Union in 1521, civil war and Protestant ReformationThe Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and An followed in Denmark and Norway. When things had settled down, the Privy CouncilThis article concerns the British Sovereign's Privy Council. See also Privy Council (disambiguation). Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Formerly, the Council was a powerful institution, but is now of Denmark was weakened, and that of Norway was abolished. Norway kept its separate laws and some institutions, such as a royal chancellorChancellor ( Latin: cancellarius , an official title used by most of the peoples whose civilization has arisen directly or indirectly out of the Roman empire. At different times and in different countries it has stood and stands for very various duties, a, and separate coinage and army. Being a hereditary kingdom, Norway's status as separate from Denmark was important to the royal dynasty in its struggle to win elections as kings of Denmark.

After the Napoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. They were a continuation of the conflicts sparked by the French Revolution and covered the duration of the First French Empire. The First and Second Coalitions For a more detailed account see the French Rev Denmark-Norway was defeated and had to cede Norway proper to the king of Sweden, formally effected at the Treaty of KielThe Treaty of Kiel was a settlement between Sweden and Denmark-Norway on January 14 1814, whereby the Danish king, a loser in the Napoleonic wars, ceded Norway to the king of Sweden, in return for the Swedish holdings in Pomerania. However the treaty sign. Norway's overseas possessions were kept by Denmark.

Although unofficial, the term Denmark-Norway has didactic merits and reflects the historical and legal roots of that union. The term Sweden-FinlandSweden-Finland is a term sometimes used for the Swedish Kingdom between the Kalmar Union and the Napoleonic wars, or the period from the 14th to the 18th century. In 1809 the realm was split and the eastern half came to constitute the semi- autonomous Gra is sometimes, although with less justification, applied to the contemporary Swedish realm 1521- 1809. Finland never was a separate kingdom, and was completely integrated with Sweden.

• The pagan Scandinavians were christianized in the 11th- 14th century, resulting in consolidated kingdoms with the same borders as the arch-bishoprics:
  • Denmark forged from the Lands of Denmark
  • Sweden forged from the Lands of Sweden
  • Norway with Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Shetland and the Orkneys.
• The three kingdoms then united in the Kalmar Union lasting all of the 15th century.
• The Kalmar Union was split in two halves:
  • "Denmark-Norway" and
  • "Sweden".
• Three centuries later, Scandinavia was reorganized into three personal unions:
  • Denmark with Schleswig-Holstein (split in 1864)
  • Sweden and Norway (split in 1905)
  • Russia with the Grand Duchy of Finland (split in 1917)