A personal union of the three Scandinavian kingdoms under a single monarch, initiated at Kalmar and dissolved when Sweden broke away.
Dissolved in 1523 when Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden on 6 June 1523, completing Sweden's secession; Sweden's independence was formally recognised by Denmark in the Treaty of Malmö in 1524.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Kalmar Union — the shape you scrub through changes in 1397 · 1450.
Political history of the medieval Nordic and Baltic world around the Kalmar Union.
A broad regional history covering the union of the three Scandinavian crowns and its dissolution.