Sweden-Norway
This article is about the specific polity Sweden-Norway and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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The first union between Sweden and Norway occurred in 1319 when the three-year-old Magnus, son of the Swedish royal Duke Eric and of the Norwegian princess Ingeborg, inherited the throne of Norway from his grandfather Haakon V and in the same year was elected King of Sweden, by the Convention of Oslo.
Establishment
July 1319: The first union between Sweden and Norway occurred in 1319 when the three-year-old Magnus, son of the Swedish royal Duke Eric and of the Norwegian princess Ingeborg, inherited the throne of Norway from his grandfather Haakon V and in the same year was elected King of Sweden, by the Convention of Oslo.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were a series of Swedish military campaigns that led to the conquest of modern-day Finland.
August 1323: The Treaty of Nöteborg, made in 1323 between Sweden and Novgorod, was the first treaty that defined the eastern boundary of the Swedish realm and Finland at least for Karelia.
January 1351: Sweden annexed the Finnish population on the shores of Northern Ostrobothnia in the 14th century to its realm.
Were a series of conflicts in the 12th and 13th centuries between the Republic of Novgorod and Medieval Sweden over control of the Gulf of Finland.
January 1339: Novgorod besieged Viborg but an armistice was soon agreed upon.
2.1.Treaty of Nöteborg
The Treaty of Nöteborg of 1323 divided Karelia between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Republic of Novgorod.
August 1323: The Treaty of Nöteborg divided Karelia between Sweden and Novgorod. The Baltic Sea port city of Viborg (Finnish: Viipuri) became the capital of the new Swedish province, with the Fief of Viborg existing from 1320 to 1534. The Russians received East Karelia.
January 1320: Magnus IV of Sweden was also King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319.
January 1333: Hven, a small island in the Öresund strait between Scania and Zealand, is acquired by Sweden in accordance to the Agreement of Helsingborg.
January 1333: The Agreement of Helsingborg resulted in the transfer of the territory of Scania from Denmark to Sweden-Norway.
January 1356: In 1355, Magnus IV of Sweden regained control of the territory, which had previously been under the rule of his son, Haakon VI of Norway. Magnus IV was a powerful monarch who ruled over both Sweden and Norway, including Iceland and Greenland, during his reign from 1319 to 1364.
January 1356: Magnus IV, who was already King of Sweden from 1319, became King of Norway as Magnus VII (including Iceland and Greenland).
January 1363: Haakon VI of Norway, also known as Håkan Magnusson, was also King of Sweden between 1362 and 1364.
February 1364: The Swedes, irritated by his misrule, superseded him by his nephew, Albert of Mecklenburg in 1365.
Disestablishment
January 1365: In 1364, Haakon VI of Norway lost the territory of Sweden to the Kingdom of Norway. Haakon VI was King of Norway from 1343 until his death and briefly King of Sweden from 1362 to 1364.
