132 To the Eider!
In March 1848, the new Danish government wanted a radical break from the previous way the Unitary State had been governed. But the politicia...
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The Scandinavian History Podcast
A chronological journey through the history of Scandinavia. Geographically, we cover the five modern Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland—as well as a few other b...
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20 of 135 episodes131 A Beloved Buffoon
In 1848, Denmark faced uncertainty after king Christian VIII’s sudden death, just as political unrest started to spread across Europe. Would...
130 Hope Springs Eternal
During the Golden Age, pressure mounted for political reforms in Denmark. The absolute monarchy was threatened by liberalism and nationalism...
129 Faith, Philosophy, Fairytales
After the disasters of the Napoleonic Wars, state bankruptcy and losing Norway, Denmark was in bad shape. But even though the future looked...
128 Revolutionary Marshal, Reactionary Monarch
In 1818, Bernadotte became king of Sweden and Norway under the name Karl Johan. He was eager to develop his kingdoms economically and social...
127 The United Kingdoms
In the fall of 1814, Norway had lost the war against Sweden. The defeat had come as an unpleasant surprise to many Norwegians, who had belie...
126 War or Peace?
In the first half of 1814, Bernadotte had been busy wrapping up the war on the continent. But as summer arrived, the Swedes turned their ful...
125 Norway Resurrected
During a few intense spring weeks in 1814, 112 representatives of the Norwegian people came together at Eidsvoll to draw up a constitution f...
124 Crisis Means Opportunity
The Napoleonic Wars strained the Danish-Norwegian union bringing starvation, unrest and a crisis of legitimacy. Even worse, Sweden exploited...
123 The Prince of the Curved Bridge
After the death of Karl August, only five months after he had been elected crown prince, the Swedes needed to find another heir to the thron...
122 The Men of 1809
King Gustav IV Adolf was blamed for the loss of Finland, and even before the war against Russia ended, he was ousted in a coup. His uncle Ka...
121 The Grand Duchy
When peace returned in 1809, the population of Finland found themselves to be the newest subjects of the Russian emperor. In the years that...
120 The Finnish War
The Franco-Russian treaty at Tilsit in 1807 spelled trouble for Sweden as well as for Denmark. Just like the Danes, the Swedes underestimate...
119 The Bombardment of Copenhagen
The years following the French Revolution were plagued by seemingly endless wars. But the governments in both Copenhagen and Stockholm prefe...
118 In the French Shadow
The French revolution was a cataclysmic event that changed the world forever, both politically and culturally. Even though it was far away,...
117 Assassins!
His war against Russia had shown Gustav III that the Swedish aristocracy was a real threat to his reign. He thought he could eliminate the t...
116 Wag the Dog
A few years after his coup, the opposition against Gustav III was growing. In an attempt to improve his popularity–and to reclaim some of th...
115 The Swedish Sun King
King Adolf Fredrik and queen Louisa Ulrika never managed to wrest power away from the Riksdag during the Age of Liberty. But Louisa Ulrika h...
114 Gray Eminences
If your system of government puts all the power in the hands of one man, you’d better hope the man holding all that power knows what he’s do...
113 Science and Industry
The Age of Liberty wasn’t only corruption, palace intrigues and failed wars. Thanks to a policy encouraging science and industry, significan...
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