Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- REFORMING THE NORTH
- Introduction
- 1 The North
- Part I Lord of the Northern World, 1513–1523
- Part II Successors, 1523–1533
- Part III Civil War, 1533–1536
- Part IV The Settlement, 1536–1545
- 17 A New Order
- 18 Under the Crown of Denmark Eternally
- 19 Dilemmas of a Very Early Modern State
- 20 Supremacy and Its Discontents
- 21 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
18 - Under the Crown of Denmark Eternally
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- REFORMING THE NORTH
- Introduction
- 1 The North
- Part I Lord of the Northern World, 1513–1523
- Part II Successors, 1523–1533
- Part III Civil War, 1533–1536
- Part IV The Settlement, 1536–1545
- 17 A New Order
- 18 Under the Crown of Denmark Eternally
- 19 Dilemmas of a Very Early Modern State
- 20 Supremacy and Its Discontents
- 21 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Duke Christian's accession agreement devoted a special paragraph to Norway.
Since the kingdom of Norway is now so impoverished both in power and fortune, and the inhabitants of Norway are not able on their own to maintain a lord and king, and that same kingdom is pledged to remain under Denmark's crown eternally, and the greatest part of Norway's council of the realm, especially Archbishop Olav, who is the greatest leader there in the kingdom, have now in a short time, along with most of the Norwegian council of the realm, twice fallen away from the kingdom of Denmark against their own obligations, We have therefore promised and assured Denmark's council of the realm and nobility, that as God Almighty has so foreordained, this same kingdom of Norway, or any of its members, fortresses or administrative districts appertaining thereto that might be concerned or come under Our authority, shall hereafter be and remain under Denmark's crown, as the province of Jylland, Fyn, or Sjælland, and henceforth shall not be nor be called a kingdom of itself, but a member of Denmark's kingdom, and under the crown of Denmark eternally.
The separate status of the kingdom of Norway was to come to an end. The unstable factor of Norwegian sovereignty, with its frustrating consequences for internal and foreign affairs in Denmark, was abolished. The nominal justification for this drastic step was Norwegian poverty; the kingdom was too poor to support a royal establishment.
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- Reforming the NorthThe Kingdoms and Churches of Scandinavia, 1520–1545, pp. 422 - 437Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010