Kalmar Union

former country. personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (1397–1523)
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Kalmar Union

Summary

Kalmar Union is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,944 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kalmar Union's continent is recorded as Europe[3].
  • Kalmar Union's instance of is recorded as historical country[4].
  • Kalmar Union's instance of is recorded as personal union[5].
  • Kalmar Union's instance of is recorded as kingdom[6].
  • Kalmar Union's instance of is recorded as confederation[7].
  • Kalmar Union's instance of is recorded as dynastic union[8].
  • Kalmar Union's capital is recorded as Copenhagen[9].
  • Kalmar Union's capital is recorded as Roskilde[10].
  • Kalmar Union's capital is recorded as Stockholm[11].
  • Kalmar Union's capital is recorded as Uppsala[12].
  • Kalmar Union's capital is recorded as Oslo[13].
  • Kalmar Union's basic form of government is recorded as personal union[14].
  • Kalmar Union's basic form of government is recorded as aristocratic monarchy[15].
  • Kalmar Union's flag is recorded as flag of the Kalmar Union[16].
  • Kalmar Union's legislative body is recorded as Riksråd[17].
  • Kalmar Union's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147458153[18].
  • Kalmar Union's GND ID is recorded as 5290421-0[19].
  • Kalmar Union's locator map image is recorded as Kalmar Union ca. 1400.svg[20].
  • Kalmar Union's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071361[21].
  • Kalmar Union's Commons category is recorded as Kalmar Union[22].
  • Kalmar Union's has part is recorded as Sweden[23].
  • Kalmar Union's has part is recorded as Denmark[24].
  • Kalmar Union's has part is recorded as Norway[25].
  • Kalmar Union's has part is recorded as Finland[26].
  • Kalmar Union's has part is recorded as Iceland[27].

Body

Founding

+1397-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kalmar Union[28].

Dissolution

Kalmar Union was dissolved in +1523-01-01T00:00:00Z[29].

Why It Matters

Kalmar Union ranks in the top 5% of historical_country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,944 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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