King Frederick X of Denmark announced a change of the royal coat of arms on January 1 this year. This change was understood ...
The former coat of arms displayed three crowns to represent the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Now, the crowns have been replaced by a polar bear and ram to represent Greenland and ...
The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more ...
which for five centuries has featured the three crowns of the Kalmar Union — a polity that existed from 1397 to 1523 consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Guardian reported.
For the past 500 years, the previous royal coats of arms featured three crowns — a symbol of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, established by Denmark between 1397 and 1523.
The three crowns of the Kalmar Union—which existed from 1397 to 1523 and consisted of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—have been removed after five centuries. King Frederik of ...
He was king of Sweden, Norway and Scania (Skåne), the latter being part ... s claimed the right to the three crowns as a symbol of Sweden and of the Kalmar union respectively. Denmark considered to ...