Scandinavia

4 empires

Viking Age

793-1066Variable

Not a single empire but a civilization that transformed Europe. Raided, traded, and settled from New...

Swedish Empire

1611-17211.1

A major European power for a century. Gustavus Adolphus was called the Lion of the North. Controlled...

Kalmar Union

1397-1523800,000

United Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under one monarch. Queen Margaret I was the real power behind it....

North Sea Empire

1016-1035Variable

The personal union of England, Denmark, and Norway under Cnut the Great, son of the Danish king Swey...