Scandinavian History
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King Christian IX of Denmark's Descendants
By: Emily Chauviere
King Christian IX of Denmark's descendants have sat on the thrones of eleven countries, and still rule Denmark, Great Britain, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain. more...
The Bernadotte Dynasty of Sweden
By: Emily Chauviere
When King Carl XIV Johan, formerly Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, became the first Bernadotte king of Sweden, he began a royal dynasty that is still in power today. more...
The First Bernadotte King of Sweden
By: Emily Chauviere
King Carl XIII was the last Holstein-Gottorp ruler of Sweden, and was succeeded by Jean Baptiste Bernadotte as King Carl XIV Johann, beginning a new royal dynasty. more...
How Finland Almost Became a Monarchy
By: Emily Chauviere
Finland asked Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse to be its king once it gained independence from Russia, but eventually decided to become a republic. more...
The End of the Oldenburg Dynasty in Denmark
By: Emily Chauviere
King Frederick VII was the last Oldenburg king of Denmark, and was succeeded by King Christian IX who began the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg dynasty. more...
Protestant Roots in the Danish West Indies
By: Adam C'DeBaca
Danish merchants first colonized the islands now known as St. Thomas and St. John in 1672, and created colonies for various denominations of Protestants, among others. more...
By: Lorri Brown
Scandinavia has several distinct holiday traditions which make Christmas different from the rest of Western Europe. more...
Company Rule in the Danish West Indies
By: Adam C'DeBaca
Denmark, along with many other European nations during the 17th and 18th century, worked with regaled charter companies to operate their Caribbean colonies. more...
The Founding of the Danish West Indies
By: Adam C'DeBaca
By the late 18th century, the Danish West Indies included what is now commonly referred to as the Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. more...
The Emancipation of the Virgin Islands in 1848
By: Adam C'DeBaca
In comparison to South America, North America, and other Caribbean islands, the Virgin Islands' shift from slavery to emancipation was a meek and almost bloodless affair. more...
The St. Croix Labor Revolt of 1878
By: Adam C'DeBaca
Following emancipation, a new tiered system of economic exploitation replaced an almost equal system of slavery, setting off a celebrated labor revolt on St. Croix. more...
Denmark's Commercial Rivalry with Swedish Empire
By: Adam C'DeBaca
The seventeenth century ushered in an era of Swedish military might and territorial wars, while Denmark tried fleetingly to expand their commercial empire. more...
Political Impact of Sweden on Danish Expansion
By: Adam C'DeBaca
Sweden's belligerence, confined to the upper quarters of Protestant Europe, prompted Denmark to further its own empire in India, Africa, and the Caribbean. more...
By: James Jackson
The role of the sea in dictating the lifestyle of the Vikings is crucial to understand, given their proximity to the ocean and their reliance upon it. more...
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