How plausibe is a Danish New Zealand?

I always found 'Ny Sjaelland' like a phonetic drunkard's version of New Zealand. :p

BTW, it'd be 'Ny Danmark', drop the unnecessary 't'.
 
It might actually stay New Zealand. Zealand is the island Copenhagen's on. OTL it was named after Zeeland in the Netherlandsbut British spelling/pronunciation changed it. :rolleyes:
 
It might actually stay New Zealand. Zealand is the island Copenhagen's on. OTL it was named after Zeeland in the Netherlandsbut British spelling/pronunciation changed it. :rolleyes:

While true, it is possible for a different name to be selected.
 
It's fairly unlikely, as the Danes never showed any interest in the South Pacific.

At one time they did try and establish a couple of outposts, one in Java and one nearby (I think late 17th Century or early 18th) but where driven out by the Dutch. If the Dutch didn't perhaps then these could be used as a based, maybe a straneg rumour emerges about large islands to the east and someone decides to go and investigate.
 
Because no country did that with their first major colony.
New France, New England, New Spain, New Netherland, ect...

Except by Portugal. Strangely enough, even towns and villages named after Portuguese cities were quite uncommon until the 18th century.
 

Redbeard

Banned
With some slightly less cold weather in the weeks before Feburary 1658 Denmark-Norway is likely to remain a great power with strong overseas interests.

With full control over Oeresund the King will have plenty of cash and is likely to finance expeditions. Could very well be Danish-Norwegian explorers opening the South Pacific and claim the two big islands east of the new continent - named Ny Jylland (New Jutland). The northen island is called Ny Fyn (New Funen) and the southern Ny Sjælland (New Zealand) - all together Ny Danmark (New Denmark).

New Jutland is sold to GB in 1823, as the Danish-Norwegian foreign policy is hinged on good reklation with teh British Empire. The islands remain Danish however, but with only a few thousand settlers. A story has it that the Danish-Norwegian delagation at the conference simply put a hand on map where Ny Fyn and Ny Sjæalland was and thus avoided further British interest.

Next we have Denmark-Norway immigrants be unwelcome in America in late 19th century and early 20th century. Say beacuse Denmark-Norway somehow got involved in the American Civil War on the loosing side. So in the next decades hundreds of thousands of Danish and Norwegian immigrants mainly go to Ny Danmark. By early 20th century New Denmark gain equal rights as part of the Kingdom, and soon has a population and economy equal in size to Denmark or Norway, making the Triple Monarchy a rather odd but quite stable nation.

Regards

Steffen Redbeard
 
WithNew Jutland is sold to GB in 1823, as the Danish-Norwegian foreign policy is hinged on good reklation with teh British Empire. The islands remain Danish however, but with only a few thousand settlers. A story has it that the Danish-Norwegian delagation at the conference simply put a hand on map where Ny Fyn and Ny Sjæalland was and thus avoided further British interest.
This reminds me of something...;)
 

NomadicSky

Banned
So in that logic the Danes might have as well.

I did like this though
named Ny Jylland (New Jutland). The northen island is called Ny Fyn (New Funen) and the southern Ny Sjælland (New Zealand) - all together Ny Danmark (New Denmark).
 
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