Polity · 854 CE – 1481 CE
Kingdom of Denmark
Kongeriget Danmark · Danmark · Kunngeqarfik Danmarki
- Peak recorded area
- 303,659 km²
- 1003 CE
- Rulers on record
- 38
- from 854 CE
- Data series
- 6
- 940 CE–1443 CE
Overview
The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united by the Constitutional Act, which applies to the entire territory. It consists of metropolitan Denmark —the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and its proximate islands—and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America.
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Territory
28 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1481 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| City Pop Roskilde4 obs · 1274 CE–1443 CE | 36Kpersons1443 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| City Pop Copenhagen2 obs · 1101 CE–1400 CE | 9,000persons1400 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
| Population2 obs · 1 CE–1000 CE | 360Kpersons1000 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Carolingian Coin Hoards2 obs · 940 CE–945 CE | 1hoards945 CE · DARMC (Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations) |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count2 obs · 1016 CE–1389 CE | 1battles1389 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Wins | 1battles won1389 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Rulers
38 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Horik IImonarch of Denmark854 CE – 900 CE
- Harthacnut I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark917 CE – 934 CE
- Gorm the Oldmonarch of Denmark934 CE – 958 CE
- Canute Danaástmonarch of Denmark947 CE – 962 CE
- Harald Bluetoothmonarch of Denmark962 CE – 985 CE
- Sweyn I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark986 CE – 1014 CE
- Eric the Victoriousmonarch of Denmark992 CE – 993 CE
- Harald II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1014 CE – 1018 CE
- Cnut the Greatmonarch of Denmark1018 CE – 1035 CE
- Harthacanutemonarch of Denmark1035 CE – 1042 CE
- Magnus the Goodmonarch of Denmark1042 CE – 1047 CE
- Sweyn II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1047 CE – 1076 CE
- Harald III of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1076 CE – 1080 CE
- Canute IV of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1080 CE – 1086 CE
- Olaf I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1086 CE – 1095 CE
- Eric I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1095 CE – 1103 CE
- Nielsmonarch of Denmark1104 CE – 1134 CE
- Eric II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1134 CE – 1137 CE
- Eric III of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1137 CE – 1146 CE
- Sweyn III of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1146 CE – 1154 CE
- Canute V of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1147 CE – 1157 CE
- Valdemar I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1154 CE – 1182 CE
- Canute VI of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1182 CE – 1202 CE
- Valdemar II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1202 CE – 1241 CE
- Valdemar the Youngmonarch of Denmark1215 CE – 1231 CE
- Eric IV of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1241 CE – 1250 CE
- Abel of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1250 CE – 1252 CE
- Christopher I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1252 CE – 1259 CE
- Eric V of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1259 CE – 1286 CE
- Eric VI of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1286 CE – 1319 CE
- Christopher II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1320 CE – 1326 CE
- Valdemar III of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1326 CE – 1329 CE
- Valdemar IV of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1340 CE – 1375 CE
- Olaf II of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1376 CE – 1386 CE
- Margaret I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1387 CE – 1412 CE
- Eric of Pomeraniamonarch of Denmark1396 CE – 1439 CE
- Christopher of Bavariamonarch of Denmark1440 CE – 1448 CE
- Christian I of Denmarkmonarch of Denmark1448 CE – 1481 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Danish
- Currency
- Danish kroner (DKK)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
DARMC (Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations)2019
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, Harvard University.
CC BY-NC 4.0
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Kingdom of Denmark is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.