Post by Alex MilmanDenmark, Sweden (with Finland) and Norway remain
united state. Consequences for the region and
Europe in general?
Starting when? The Union of Kalmar? I suppose, as
AFAIK that was the only time the area was so united.
"Scandinavia" would be a quasi-federal kingdom like
Britain, with distinct national identities remaining
in the various realms, together with Finnish and Saami
identity.
Scandinavia would be a much stronger country than the
two kingdoms of Denmark and Norway.
It would also be more focused on Germany and the
Atlantic than OTL; the Scandinavian crown would also
hold Schleswig and Holstein, and Oldenburg would be
held by kinsmen.
This does not mean that no King of Scandinavia would
ever intervene in Poland, or seize Livonia, only that
it would be less likely.
Come the Reformation, Scandinavia would be a powerful
ally for German Protestants. _If_ the HRE broke up
(it seems odd to me that it did not), then Schleswig
and Holstein might become parts of the Danish kingdom
within Scandinavia. How much could the region become
Scandified by 1800?
There is also the possibility that Scandinavia could
become a significant colonizing power in the New World.
OTL, Denmark held a few sugar islands (now the US Virgin
Islands), and Sweden had a short lived colony in
Delaware.
Combine all this activity, and add increased support
from the crown. Perhaps a genuine settler colony in
the Canadian Maritimes? Or perhaps Quebec, if Scandinavia
pre-empts French exploration there?
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Nous sommes dans une pot de chambre, et nous y serons emmerdés.
--- General Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot at Sedan, 1870.