I've been backtracking a bit in preperation for ME8. Here's a sumarry timeline [still in the process of being completed] of some the stuff I've already tackled. There's more detail still to come. It's only detailing the Scandinavian Confederation up to it's 100 year anniversary.
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1799) Birth of Oscar Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (1799-1859)
1808) POD: Birth of Princess Sophia Caroline of Denmark (1808-65)
1826) Marriage of Sophia Caroline to Oscar of Sweden-Norway in Roskilde Cathedral, Copenhagen.
1828) Birth of Prince Carl Frederick (1828-89) to Oscar Bernadotte and Princess Sophia Caroline of Denmark.
1829) The pan-Scandinavian movement is born at the University of Lund, in Sweden.
1842) Death of King Charles XIV of Sweden-Norway. He is succeeded by his son, Oscar, who takes the throne as King Oscar of Sweden-Norway.
1848) A sudden upsurge in revolutionary activity sees liberal reforms in Denmark but reactionary self-strengthening in Sweden-Norway. Schleswig-Holstein collapses into rebellion over questions of nationalism and royal succession, kick-starting the First War of Schleswig (1848-52).
Death of King Christian VIII of Denmark. He is succeeded by his brother, Ferdinand, who takes the Danish throne as King Frederick VII (1792-1863).
1852) A cease-fire ends the First War of Schleswig.
Prince Carl Frederick of Sweden-Norway marries Louise of the Netherlands (1828-71) in Christiana, Norway.
Talks between King Oscar of Sweden-Norway and King Frederick VII of Denmark on the issues raised by pan-Scandinavianism. They agree on a general move towards convergence on issues of currency, trade, the legal system, and foreign policy.
The collapse of Dano-Prussian negotiations in Moscow sees the start of the Second War of Schleswig (1852-3)
1853) The Treaty of Moscow ends the Second War of Schleswig. Schleswig is ceded to Denmark, whilst Holstein becomes an independent Duchy under Frederick of Augustenberg (1829-80).
The 1853 Cholera Epidemic hits the Scandinavian nations hard, causing a rapid depopulation of many urban areas. Economic and demographic instability triggers the Panic of 1853.
Start of the Crimean War (1853-55).
1854) Denmark passes the Constitution Act, leading to a greater centralisation of Danish government with representatives from Denmark, Schleswig, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland.
The publication of ‘The Giants’ by Hans Christian Anderson (1805-75) is identified by many as the birth of pan-Scandinavian culture.
1855) Start of the ‘first wave’ of immigration to Scandinavia (1855-75).
End of the Crimean War (1853-55).
Invention of the Bessemer process; a method for the mass production of steel.
1859) Death of King Oscar. He is succeeded by his son, Prince Carl Frederick, who takes the throne as King Folke of Sweden-Norway.
Sweden and Norway pass a series of liberal reforms, improving the status of women and religious minorities, and extending the electoral franchise.
1860) Prince Henrik (1860-1925) is born to King Folke and Louise of the Netherlands.
1862) Prince William of Sweden-Norway (1840-1911), the youngest brother of King Folke, marries Alice Saxe-Coburg, a daughter of Queen Victoria, in London.
1863) Death of King Frederick VII of Denmark. He is succeeded by his grand-nephew, King Folke of Sweden-Norway, whose coronation in Copenhagen sees him take the Danish throne, bringing Sweden, Denmark and Norway into personal union.
Convening of the Gothenburg Assembly, a body tasked with drafting a Scandinavian constitution.
Unsuccessful Polish Uprising against Russia.
The Gothenburg Constitution is ratified by the legislative bodies of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. It is followed by preliminary elections for the Scandinavian Thing, in which – for the first time – property-owning unmarried women and widows are allowed to vote. The contents of the Constitution are to be subjected to a close examination by an impartial and representative body, once every twenty-five years.
1864) The Scandinavian Economic and Currency Union (SØVA) is finalised.
1865) Death of Princess Sophia Caroline of Denmark, mother of King Folke.
1868) Start of the Austro-Prussian War (1868-71)
1871) Death of Louise, wife of King Folke.
The gradual and disintegration of the Austrian Empire heralds the end of the Austro-Prussian War (1868-71)
1875) End of the ‘first wave’ of immigration to Scandinavia.
Death of Hans Christian Anderson (1805-75).
1877) At the bequest of King Folke, the premier of ‘Gotterdammerung’ – the last ‘episode’ of Wagner’s Ring Cycle – takes place at the newly completed Gothenburg Opera House.
1883) Prince Henrik marries his cousin, Beatrice of the Hellenes (1865-1937), in Gothenburg.
1884) Birth of Prince Albrekt (1884-1946) to King Henrik of Scandinavia and Beatrice of the Hellenes.
1885) Birth of Prince Alexander (1885-1932) to King Henrik of Scandinavia and Beatrice of the Hellenes.
1888) The 25th anniversary of the Scandinavian Confederation. The Faroe Islands and Iceland are elevated to semi-autonomous status within the Confederation. Universal suffrage for everyone over the age of 24 is granted for elections to the Scandinavian Thing.
1889) Death of King Folke of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. He is succeeded by his son, Henrik, who takes the title ‘King of Scandinavia’.
1891) The death of Tsar Alexander III of Russia (1845-91) plunges Russia into Civil War (1891-1903). He is succeeded by his brother, who becomes Tsar Vladimir of Russia (1847-1903), who is tasked with trying to contain the collapse of Imperial Russia.
1895) The Republic of the Ukraine declares its independence from Russia.
1896) Following a nationalist uprising, the Republic of Poland-Lithuania – a successor state to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – declares its independence from Russia.
1897) Finland and Livonia declare their independence from Russia, only to be retaken by Russian armed forces shortly afterwards.
1899) The St. Petersburg Uprising forces the Romanovs from the city. The Petrograd Commune, an anarcho-socialist ‘free city’, subsequently declares its independence from Russia.
1903) With the support of Scandinavian forces, Livonia and Finland reassert their independence. Finland declares itself a Grand Duchy under the premiership of the eighteen year old second son of King Henrik of Scandinavia; Alexander Bernadotte (1885-1931). Livonia establishes itself as a Republic.
The abdication of Tsar Vladimir in favour of Cyril (1876-1938), his son, heralds the end of the Russian Civil War (1891-1903). At the insistence of the revolutionaries, Tsar Cyril declares Russia a constitutional monarchy.
1913) The 50th anniversary of the Scandinavian Confederation. Finland joins the Scandinavian Economic and Currency Union (SØVA). The minimum age for voting in elections to the Scandinavian Thing is lowered from 24 to 21; proportional representation is introduced; and a radical reshuffling of electoral districts increases the number of seats in the Scandinavian Thing from 165 to 249. Work is started on a larger Parliament building in Gothenburg.
1925) Death of King Henrik of Scandinavia. He is succeeded by his son, Prince Albrekt, who takes the throne as King Folke II.
1931) Death of Prince Alexander of Finland. He is succeeded as Grand Duke by his older brother, Folke II of Scandinavia.
1932) The Finnish people vote to join the Scandinavian Confederation as full members.
1938) The 75th anniversary of the Scandinavian Confederation.
1946) Death of King Folke II of Scandinavia. He is succeeded by… [still need to work this out]
1963) The 100th anniversary of the Scandinavian Confederation.