Historians used to discuss how the Norwegians were treated while Norway was part of Denmark. Were they treated like fellow and equal Danes, or did the Danish nobles suppress the Norwegians people?
Today it’s agreed that it was a mix of both. The Norwegians were treated as fellow and equal Danes, unfortunately the Danes were already being suppressed by the Danish nobles.
Non the less it was obvious who was Denmark’s favourite, and when Denmark lost Norway to Sweden, Denmark’s treatment of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands suddenly worsened tenfold.
So Denmark did not take the loss of Norway well. Instead of just moving on, he took it out on all the not-Norways left in his house.
But Iceland, Greenland and the faroe islands were Norway (just look at the flags), remember, Norwegians was the explorer vikings and we basically settled down everywhere (we were even the first europeans to discover vinland!). But luckily almost everyone got free again, just that we became four countries instead, haha, better than letting Denmark have us, because that was torture xD
Funny that after Norway got free from Denmark, they still kept all our colonies. Iceland, Greenland and Faroe Islands where Norwegian once. Orkney and Shetland islands too, but Denmark lost them after the pawned them as dowry for Margaret to Scotland.
Poor islands...
I'd love to see some more of how Denmark - and Sweden too even though I'm mostly interested in Denmark's treatment of Iceland (he lost his sparkles! This is serious!) - treated his colonies. I mean, I can read it in history books, but it's much funnier - and more interesting - when it's people.