Scandinavian Royalty

Question 1

All four Scandinavian countries follow what form of government?

Answer 1

Constitutional monarchy. The monarch role is ceremonial.

Question 2

Who is the current Norwegian monarch?

Answer 2

King Harald V

Question 3

When was the Norwegian monarchy established and by whom?

Answer 3

890 by Harald Harfagre

Question 4

Norway has had unions with two countries throughout its history. What are they and when were the unions?

Answer 4

• Denmark (1380-1814)

- Sweden (1814-1905)

Question 5

Who is the current Swedish monarch?

Answer 5

Carl XVI Gustaf

Question 6

The current Swedish monarch is married to (a) this woman who is (b) of what descent?

Answer 6

Silvia Sommerlath, Germany-Brazil

Question 7

The current Swedish royal family descends from this individual, who in 1810 was elected crown prince.

Answer 7

Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, a marshal of France in Napoleon’s army

The Swedish king at the time, Karl XIII, was childless and needed an heir

Question 8

Who is the current Danish monarch?

Answer 8

Queen Margrethe II

Question 9

This union joined Denmark, Norway and Sweden under a single monarch from 1397-1523.

Answer 9

Kalmar Union

Question 10

The first recorded king of Denmark.

Answer 10

Gorm the Old

Question 11

Christian I was the first Danish king to come from this family/region. He came to power in 1448 with the death of Chrisopher III, who had no heir.

Answer 11

Oldenborg

Question 12

Denmark’s Christian IX was known by this term since his children sat on multiple thrones throughout Europe.

Answer 12

“Father-in-law of Europe”

Question 13

The current Danish and Norwegian royal families fall under the lineage of this family/house.

Answer 13

The House of Glucksborg

Question 14

The kingdom of Denmark includes what two territories?

Answer 14

Greenland, Faroe Islands

Question 15

Danish king names alternate between which two names?

Answer 15

Frederick, Christian

Question 16

The Treaty of Copenhagen marked the end of this war, which pitted Sweden vs. a Denmark-Norway alliance (vs. Poland-Lithuania) and created the modern-day boundaries between the Scandinavian countries.

Answer 16

Second Northern War

Question 17

Christian X dissolved the Danish government during this “crisis” in 1920. Its name corresponds with a holiday.

Answer 17

Easter Crisis of 1920

Question 18

This man is considered by historians to be the first king of Norway.

Answer 18

Harald Fairhair

Question 19

The union between Norway and Denmark was dissolved in 1814 following this series of conflicts. It would later, however, join into a union with Sweden as an independent nation but under a shared monarch.

Answer 19

Napoleonic Wars