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Facktbook Denmark Norway

Kamasha
19-07-2006, 15:40
Factbook Denmark Norway

population:
Denmark: 900 000
Norway: 800 000
Iceland: 600 000

Head of state: King Christian VII
Currency: bankrigsdaler

Flag:
http://www.brondsholm.dk/produkt_billeder/sd_000209_selvklaebende_fla.jpg

The Norwegian flag was not made until 1815


Some information concerning the union:
The union between Norway and Denmark was really no union at all. All decisions was made in Denmark and Norway had nothing to say in big politic.
Norway did not even have there own university before 1811. This meant that all Norwegians that wanted to study had to go to Copenhagen.

Military: The Danish-Norwegian fleet was the second largest in the world, The only country with a bigger navy was the British. Sweden had bad relationship with the Denmark-Norway kingdom. Sweden wanted Norway to become a part of Sweden and Denmark wanted parts of southern Sweden. Denmark-Norway also controlled Iceland, Greenland and the Orkneys.