Foreword
Counterfactual history are often about the big changes to history, the rise and fall of grand empire and dread ideologies. Denmark-Norway are somewhat different. It do not have the potential to rival the great power of Europe, but the survival of the state would be interesting in it own right, as in OTL the Nordic countries are dominated by the small state, but industrial powerhouse; Sweden, with 3 four other small states seeking their own niches and one microstate living its own life. If we put the modern states of Denmark and Norway together it have a population a little larger than Sweden, but at the same time it do not have the industrial potential Sweden have. On the other hand Denmark they have synergy effects Sweden lack, Denmark have a very diverse economy, while Norway have a relatively undiverse economy, but it have had a industrial potential which was never fulfilled, because the lack of capital and the OTL union with Sweden meant investments in Swedish industry was a better investments.
So this timeline ask the question what would have been the effect of Denmark-Norway stayed one state, I will try to look into the political, the demographic, economic and linguistic effects, what will be the synergies of such a union.
In general this timeline will avoid butterflies unless it serve the plot, unless the development and survival of the union direct effect foreign countries or marriages, I will seek to create a history as close to OTL, at least through the 19th century.
Useful terms.
Helstaten: “Whole State” an ideology which sought to keep Denmark, Norway and the Duchies a centralise state.
The Duchies: Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.
Bokmål: “Book Language” one of several terms for the dominating Norwegian dialects, which are de facto dialects of Danish. It’s closer related to standard Danish than several Jutish dialects.
Nynorsk: “New Norwegian” one of several terms for a written standardisation of western and northern dialects of Norwegian, which are de facto a separate language from Danish and Bookmål, Danes can understand it in written form thanks to much of the vocabulary being adopted from Danish, but it’s incredibly hard to understand when spoken. Faroese de facto a dialect of it. Today mostly used in Western Norway, while the northern dialect decide to use Bokmål as written language.
Principality of Rügen: Swedish Pomerania.
Feedback is welcomed, I especially seek people who can give my a general idea how Sweden will develop through the 19th century without the union with Norway and still dealing with the loss of Finland.
Beside that I also seek suggestion what could start the war between Prussia and Austria without the war in 1864, and the disagrement over the occupation of Schleswig-Holstein.
Counterfactual history are often about the big changes to history, the rise and fall of grand empire and dread ideologies. Denmark-Norway are somewhat different. It do not have the potential to rival the great power of Europe, but the survival of the state would be interesting in it own right, as in OTL the Nordic countries are dominated by the small state, but industrial powerhouse; Sweden, with 3 four other small states seeking their own niches and one microstate living its own life. If we put the modern states of Denmark and Norway together it have a population a little larger than Sweden, but at the same time it do not have the industrial potential Sweden have. On the other hand Denmark they have synergy effects Sweden lack, Denmark have a very diverse economy, while Norway have a relatively undiverse economy, but it have had a industrial potential which was never fulfilled, because the lack of capital and the OTL union with Sweden meant investments in Swedish industry was a better investments.
So this timeline ask the question what would have been the effect of Denmark-Norway stayed one state, I will try to look into the political, the demographic, economic and linguistic effects, what will be the synergies of such a union.
In general this timeline will avoid butterflies unless it serve the plot, unless the development and survival of the union direct effect foreign countries or marriages, I will seek to create a history as close to OTL, at least through the 19th century.
Useful terms.
Helstaten: “Whole State” an ideology which sought to keep Denmark, Norway and the Duchies a centralise state.
The Duchies: Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg.
Bokmål: “Book Language” one of several terms for the dominating Norwegian dialects, which are de facto dialects of Danish. It’s closer related to standard Danish than several Jutish dialects.
Nynorsk: “New Norwegian” one of several terms for a written standardisation of western and northern dialects of Norwegian, which are de facto a separate language from Danish and Bookmål, Danes can understand it in written form thanks to much of the vocabulary being adopted from Danish, but it’s incredibly hard to understand when spoken. Faroese de facto a dialect of it. Today mostly used in Western Norway, while the northern dialect decide to use Bokmål as written language.
Principality of Rügen: Swedish Pomerania.
Feedback is welcomed, I especially seek people who can give my a general idea how Sweden will develop through the 19th century without the union with Norway and still dealing with the loss of Finland.
Beside that I also seek suggestion what could start the war between Prussia and Austria without the war in 1864, and the disagrement over the occupation of Schleswig-Holstein.