Unlikely, but you could have pushed the end of the Union forward, and, mayhap, made it survive. It wouldn't mean much, though, just that two states would be in personal union, and have an unusual amount of bilateral agreements, or maybe some kind of lesser EU for Sweden and Norway only.What if Norway had not broken off from the Union in 1905. I think eventually they will swallow up Finland from Russia. And when the Nazis are about to roll into Denmark Scandanavian Union rolls in. Takes control of Iceland and Greenland. Scandanavian Superpower
But, really, the Union was, by 1900, more or less destined to either end, or become just a personal union.
Ah, no. There was that foreign policy thing, too (plus some laws about trade and such that could equally well have been in place without a personal union). That's what the Union in the end broke on, after all.It never was anything more than a pesonal union![]()
What if Norway had not broken off from the Union in 1905. I think eventually they will swallow up Finland from Russia. And when the Nazis are about to roll into Denmark Scandanavian Union rolls in. Takes control of Iceland and Greenland. Scandanavian Superpower
Ah, no. There was that foreign policy thing, too (plus some laws about trade and such that could equally well have been in place without a personal union). That's what the Union in the end broke on, after all.
It never was anything more than a pesonal union![]()
What if Norway had not broken off from the Union in 1905. I think eventually they will swallow up Finland from Russia. And when the Nazis are about to roll into Denmark Scandanavian Union rolls in. Takes control of Iceland and Greenland. Scandanavian Superpower
First i have to say that i don't know all the details of the Swedish Norwegian breakup.
What would happen if Sweden goes to war to keep Norway in the Union, for example would we have some sort of foreign influence like Russia supporting a free Norway.
In your oppinion, is there plausible way the personal union could have continued? And, over time, have grown into a sort of Scandinavian/Nordic Union (or something along those lines) together with Denmark and Iceland, and possibly even Finland? Maybe a nordic repsons to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)?
Heh, I'm actually making a TL with a sort-off EU for the Nordic Countries.
The POD, incidentally, is an earlier (peaceful) dissolution of the Union.
Heh, I'm actually making a TL with a sort-off EU for the Nordic Countries.
The POD, incidentally, is an earlier (peaceful) dissolution of the Union.
Ah, not exactly. I mentioned it in the A Time of Empire thread, but only be name, and I, uhm, mentioned an aspect of it to Abdul Hadi Pasha to cheer him up back in September, but that's about as far that goes. Actually, this is the first time I've actually mentioned the POD for Nordanvinden Blåser (temporary name until I find out what Nordanvinden is in English, as Zephyr is Västanvinden).That sounds interesting - any posts here of that?
I suspect there would be a considerable drive for a breakup today, if the union had continued.
The fact that North Sea oil money would likly have gone to central parts of Sweden would not have been well recieved.
I think a better chance for a Nordic union would be a slightly different WWII.