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What if the Kalmar Union was more stable and held together? Would it then expand in the 17th century as Sweden later did? As other posters have suggested whenever this topic comes up (sorry had to do it again to focus on this one issue), this union would be primarily focussed on Danish interests, but wouldn't independent expansion occur due to the decentralized nature of the union, business interests, and those seeking power outside of existing institutions? The areas I'm thinking of are the Baltic states and greater expansion into Finland (Most of the coast was already Swedish). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_union
So could the East form an area for non-sanctioned colonization? What does this mean for the tolls and does the expansion of Swedish interests and trade form another source of tension for the union?
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Could this be moved to the pre-1900 forum, accidental posting here.