Could there be a Scandinavian version of Constantinople? Between Skane and Sjælland? Lemme hear! I thought about it when I was looking at Google Maps.
You mean, apart from the otl København? And Helsingør?
It may be a metropolitan area and not a single city, but OTL fulfills this.The last one. Have a city that is on both Sjælland and Skane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen
You're not going to get any closer than this, because unlike in the Black Sea, there is more than one exit from the Baltic to the Kattegat.
Except Denmark was never quite powerful enough that others couldn't threaten Denmark as a whole. Constantinople flourished when its armies were unmatched, or at least strong enough that they were always able to lead a counterattack when someone threatened it. Once that stopped being the case, Constantinople withered in population and wealth till it had a population of like 40,000 and controlled basically only what was within site of its walls.The state of Denmark controlled the traffic of ships Before Sweden seized control over Skåne in 1658.
In Helsingør the had Kronoborg castle and in Helsingborg they had Kärnan/Kernen from where they could view the boats passing by.
That's actually very true. Maybe if Old Novgorod established a port city there, Muscovy could take control and have it become economically important enough that Sweden never takes it. It could have long fulfilled its OTL purpose of serving as the link between western and eastern Europe.I agree with this, but I also say that Saint Petersburg is an option.
I doubt the feasibility of founding a city in the place of OTL Saint Petersburg in the middle ages. The place was a barely inhabited swamp, it took a nigh psychotic absolute monarch sacrificing 20 000 serfs to turn it into the base for a future capital.That's actually very true. Maybe if Old Novgorod established a port city there, Muscovy could take control and have it become economically important enough that Sweden never takes it. It could have long fulfilled its OTL purpose of serving as the link between western and eastern Europe.
Ah, I actually didn't know that. Interesting to know.I doubt the feasibility of founding a city in the place of OTL Saint Petersburg in the middle ages. The place was a barely inhabited swamp, it took a nigh psychotic absolute monarch sacrificing 20 000 serfs to turn it into the base for a future capital.
I doubt the feasibility of founding a city in the place of OTL Saint Petersburg in the middle ages. The place was a barely inhabited swamp, it took a nigh psychotic absolute monarch sacrificing 20 000 serfs to turn it into the base for a future capital.
It may be a metropolitan area and not a single city, but OTL fulfills this.
Im sorry I don't know what the OP meant by a Constantinople. I assume they meant a large important city on the Baltic.
??? I fail to see how a major regional transportation hub can be seen as unimportant.