How old?
I’ve drawn Denmark as younger than Sweden and Norway a few times, but that had to do with the age of the landmass. This shows how old the Nordics are as countries.
Denmark’s birth is from when it became a united country instead of tribes fighting each other, Sweden is from King Gustav Vasa's crowning and Norway, Finland and Iceland are from when they became fully independent from all other countries.
Norway is a bit tricky though, because he could also be said to be around the same age as Denmark. But this is how it's usually done.
22nd October 2010
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Alright, let's get this staright! There are two possible scenarios the artist could have based this on:
Scenario 1: Unions permanently kill countries
Norway and Sweden were in the Kalmar Union, yes, but there was no real owner of the union. It was a more like a mutual nation, but with a stronger and therefore more dominant part. But if this scenario was what she were using, then this would be the correst way of doing it:
Denmark: Dead
Sweden: Dead
Finland: Dead
Iceland: Dead
Norway: 1905
Scenario 2: Unions temporarly kill countries
It's self explainatory! Norway is tricky tho. It was once unified as Hålogland, but then dissolved again due to relgious rebellions in the conquered king- and jarldoms. Norway was again unified at 1020, under christian rule.
This is what it would've looked like:
Denmark: 8th century
Sweden: Unkown(5th-11th century)
Finland: 1917
Iceland: 1944
Norway: 872 or 1020