Can you name the Countries of the Danish Empire? by Ernie604

Can you name the Countries of the Danish Empire?

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Answers are modern sovereign states part of whose territory was once controlled by Denmark.
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Years in Empire	Modern Country	Notes
c. 9th century - 2011
c. 9th century - 1814
c. 9th century - 1679
1013 - 1469
1206 - 1645
1397 - 1523
1397 - 1944
1460 - 1864		Schleswig-Holstein
1620 - 1869
1663 - 1850
	Fort Christiansborg (Accra)(1663-1850), Other forts (1734-1850)
	Fort Christiansborg (Accra)(1663-1850), Other forts (1734-1850)
	Fort Christiansborg (Accra)(1663-1850), Other forts (1734-1850)

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Countries of the Danish Empire Quiz

by Ernie604

Created Feb 15, 2011 in History
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	johnlk:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT		1 point
	Why is the US only a bonus?

	Ernie604:	Feb 15th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		3 points
	As the US Virgin islands are only a territory of the US not an actual indivisible part of the country.

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	madzema:	Feb 17th, 2011 at 05:21 GMT		3 points
	Great Britain never had an emperor either, but it was always called the British Empire.

	zeppelinoid:	Feb 17th, 2011 at 09:44 GMT		2 points
	@Ernie604: Skirting around the obvious charge of plagiarism, I would respectfully point out the omissions of Latvia (Pilten 1560-1585) and Poland (Pomerania 1185-1259, 1715-1720, 1815). I would not include Finland as the Kalmar Union was a personal union of three countries who retained their own independence. Finland was part of Sweden not of Denmark.

	Ernie604:	Feb 17th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT		3 points
	@zeppelinoid: my most humble apologies. My intention was not to plagarise your great idea, but merely to celebrate it with a couple of other old empires (Denmark, Sweden) that could have been forgotten. Sorry again. I was hesitant in adding Finland, but you are probably right that it shouldn't be there. Maybe I'll redo that a bonus. Western Pomerania (Germany) was definitely part of Denmark after 1814 (which I missed) but as far as I was aware the Eastern Polish part of Pomerania was more controlled variously by the Teutonic knights/Duchy of Pomerania/Sweden. Pilten was indeed owned by the Danish crown for a bit, but given over to the Duke of Holstein so I skipped over that. Another bonus?

	zeppelinoid:	Feb 17th, 2011 at 17:17 GMT		3 points
	@Ernie604: Apologies accepted. I should not post when tired and grumpy. I have a "Scandinavian Empire" quiz tucked away somewhere which I may dust off in the future. I think there is already a Swedish one contributed, but if I remember correctly there is at least one omission. What was "Western Pomerania" is actually mostly now in modern Poland with only a small portion in Germany (part of Mecklenburg/Western Pomerania) so it really should count in the quiz. I also would include would include Pilten as it was controlled by the Danish Crown and Holstein was in Danmark when it was passed to that Duchy. I have adopted the principle that where there was a personal union of two (or more) crowns then the respective countries would be deemed to be separate (e.g. UK/Hannover; Austria/Spain; Spain/Portugal). However; I have been brought to task for ignoring the union of Castile and Aragon - see comments: http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries_of_the_spanish_empire

	JamesSnell:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 19:53 GMT		1 point
	@madzema: Emperor of India. Doy!

	tbwilson:	Mar 22nd, 2011 at 22:09 GMT		3 points
	zeppelinoid, you're not the first person to come up with an "empire" quiz so your accusations of plagarism are completely uncalled for. Ernie had no reason to apologize.

	tbwilson:	Apr 12th, 2011 at 06:19 GMT		3 points
	Might Canada be added, at least as a bonus, due to the Hans Island controversy?

	European11:	Aug 27th, 2011 at 18:40 GMT		2 points
	@Zeppelinoid: you have no right to attack Ernie604 for copying your idea! First of all, did you think of the DANISH empire quiz? No Ernie did. Do you own rights to empire quizzes on sporcle? Nope. So grow up and stop thinking youre better than everyone. Ernie604, great quiz!

	zeppelinoid:	Aug 29th, 2011 at 16:15 GMT		2 points
	@European11: I think we settled our differences back in February. I have now created a Scandinavian wide quiz which includes all of the modern countries and territories that were formerly controlled by Denmark, Norway and Sweden: http://www.sporcle.com/games/zeppelinoid/countries-of-the-scandinavian-empires

	british:	Sep 24th, 2011 at 23:32 GMT		0 points
	That is very bright of you Zeppelinoid! Promote your own quiz of the same idea on someone else's, who had created it first. That isn't arrogant. Grow up.

	tbwilson:	Oct 24th, 2012 at 07:52 GMT		1 point
	Finland is a legitimate answer, but not because of the Kalmar Union. In the 1500s, the Danes captured and occupied Kastelholm Castle in the Åland Islands for a few years. They also seem to have had presence in the islands before the 1300s, though the history of this time period is rather obscure and difficult to research.

	tbwilson:	Oct 30th, 2012 at 08:16 GMT		1 point
	Denmark occupied Frisia in the Netherlands from 810-885 under the leadership of Godfrey and Rorik. Source: http://my.raex.com/~obsidian/netherl.html#Frisia ...In addition, it is written that Haakon, son of Harald Bluetooth, conquered Samland (in modern Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) for Denmark in the 10th Century.