Scandinavian History

The marriage of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway, the former Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Great Britain, was the foundation of a new royal dynasty.

Dec 16, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

The marriage of King Frederick VIII of Denmark and Princess Louise of Sweden produced the future King Christian X of Denmark and King Haakon VII of Norway.

Dec 16, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

The marriage of King Christian IX of Denmark and Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel began a dynasty that is still in power and their royal descendants rule throughout Europe

Dec 16, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

When Norway gained independence from Sweden, it elected Prince Carl of Denmark to be its new king. As King Haakon VII of Norway, he founded a dynasty that still reigns.

Dec 8, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

Princess Thyra of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark, married Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, heir to the deposed throne of Hanover.

Dec 8, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

Christmas traditions in Norway include Advent, Christmas Trees with the Norwegian flag, Christmas gnomes and lutefisk, a national fish dish.

Nov 29, 2009 - Lorri Brown

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.

Nov 19, 2009 - 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.

Nov 12, 2009 - 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.

Nov 6, 2009 - 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.

Oct 30, 2009 - 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.

Oct 30, 2009 - Emily Chauviere

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.

Oct 29, 2009 - Adam C'DeBaca

Scandinavia has several distinct holiday traditions which make Christmas different from the rest of Western Europe.

Sep 27, 2009 - Lorri Brown

Denmark, along with many other European nations during the 17th and 18th century, worked with regaled charter companies to operate their Caribbean colonies.

Jul 17, 2009 - 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.

Jul 17, 2009 - 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.

Jul 15, 2009 - 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.

Jul 14, 2009 - 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.

Jun 15, 2009 - 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.

Jun 15, 2009 - Adam C'DeBaca

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.

Jun 14, 2009 - James Jackson

A precedent for colonial expansion engaged the courts of Scandinavia, most notably the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, whose neighbors the Dutch were the ultimate leaders.

Jun 6, 2009 - Adam C'DeBaca

Viking society was made up of three distinct classes- landowning nobles, freeman and slaves. Vikings warriors came mainly from the noble and freeman classes.

May 31, 2009 - Lorri Brown

The Vikings of Scandinavia attacked and colonized many parts of Europe, as well expanding settlements to the New World.

May 26, 2009 - Lorri Brown

King Christian III was known as a god-fearing, peace-loving king. But first and foremost he was known as the king, who reformed the country to Protestantism.

Apr 26, 2009 - Julie Refnov Mortensen

The St. John slave uprising in 1733 lasted more than nine months and began, like the sparks of many violent uprisings, out of a pretense of hopelessness and redemption.

Apr 20, 2009 - Adam C'DeBaca