Denmark-Norway
Proper noun
Meaning
Denmark-Norway
(historical) A former political entity consisting of the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including overseas Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
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Denmark-Norway would later make several claims in the Caribbean, starting in the 1600s.
Denmark-Norway then developed trading colonies along the coast and imposed a trade monopoly and other colonial privileges on the area.
However, place names and surnames from the union age of Denmark-Norway among natives still remain.
In the early 18th century, Scandinavia and Greenland came back into contact with each other, and Denmark-Norway affirmed sovereignty over the island.
Norway also contributed significantly to the joint literature of Denmark-Norway.
The Kingdom of Norway maintains some claim to territories lost at the dissolution of the Denmark-Norway union.