Regional1389 – 1523 · 134 years

Kalmar Union Wars

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Scandinavia · Baltic

The Kalmar Union established Nordic political unity through military conflicts and dynastic diplomacy.

Estimated casualties

30Ksingle estimate · no range published

What happened

Margaret I of Denmark united Scandinavia through military campaigns and dynastic arrangements. Conflicts involved suppression of internal revolts and defense against external threats. The Kalmar Union created a major Nordic power.

Why it mattered

Kalmar Union established Nordic political organization persisting into the modern era. The union influenced Baltic regional geopolitics.

Belligerents3

Denmark
Sweden
Norway

ON THE MAPKalmar Union

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 7

Battle of Aasle1389
Battle of Falkoping1389
Battle of Brunkeberg1471
Battle of Rotebro1497
Battle of Hemmingstedt1500
Battle of Brannkyrka1518
Battle of Bogesund1520

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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