Scandinavia is generally seen today as a pure geological term of [the] five independent
Nordic nations the term also brings about images of the entire region being under the control of one large union a
Single Nordic state this idea is the new one from the late 14th century [to] early 16th century
Denmark Norway Sweden Finland and Iceland Were United into a [single] entity the Kalmar union
This union was very powerful in medieval Europe when anything was ever agreed upon
constant Wars in Pomerania
Holstein McGavin berg and felsic caused the Shaky Union to finally collapse after a swedish rebellion in 1523
Zone this video. I'll try to theorize what if the kalmar union never ended
But first some [history] was the main factor that ended the Union the [hàn] [zì] [war] the hanseatic league
Otherwise known as Honza was a commercial and defensive
Confederation of merchant guilds and their towns that was right along the baltic sea and the league Domini [in] Baltic sea trade for four centuries
Denmark Had previously fought the week in
1370 and was defeated giving them the island of visby
But also giving them free trade with on the baltic sea during the early 15th century
[Erricka] Pomerania and market the first of Denmark until her death waged constant Wars aimed at Holstein and other states along the baltic coast
This constant warning meant that trade disruptions were constant and that the taxes within the union Rose while a trading declined
During the [Honzik] war swedish exports were ground to a halt even though the collection of taxes continued
Not only did this anger the peasantry
But the centralization of the government in Denmark gave suspicions to the governing Council in Sweden
Varying that their decree of self-governing might be jeopardized this caused the swedes rebel and the ousted Eric from power
creating power vacuum after his successor died childless in 1448
this created a series of rebellions and wars against Denmark and sweden for the rest of the 15th century the
[Union] finally found when sweden declared and gained Independence in 1523 and norway became listen as a Danish province in
1536 so one of the Kalmar Union never ended well the main problem that would need to be overcome
would be the different ambitions between Denmark and
Denmark the interest for a south in North Germany while Sweden's interests were focused to the east
Norway's interests were to its possessions in the west such as greenland Iceland and the scotch Islands entertain them
But since norway was hit rather hard with the black death his nobility and influence within the union pretty much [ceased] to exist
[the] Union would need to find some way to have a balance of direction towards their ambitions and
Having to be fully away from Northern Germany until they control the trade routes
this however is extremely unlikely if
they manage to be able to do is for the long term you can see a much larger expansion into finland and
To the [east] in [general] than in our timeline you could possibly even see a complete takeover of what is today cola and [Corellia]
That belong to Russia even though these locations would be incredibly bare and unable to substained
For some time a greater focus might be shifted towards the baltic coast to gain control of the trade routes there in
Our [timeline] the English and dutch prevented any one power which was mainly Sweden
From having control over the bolts trade routes during the 17th century
Both the Union manages to gain these lands before the start of the 17th century and profit from the wealth
then you have created a very economically strong union which alleviates many of its problems if
The [calm] or Union survived another 90 or so years it would probably survive indefinitely
Once the 30 years war hit it would be a major Protestant power
Using the war as excuse to seize
Pomeranians such as sweden did in our timeline the union would have twice the Manpower like gustav [adolf]
And David and will probably succeed someone more than our timeline
However it would not be enough to prevent prussia from eventually dominating the North German plane or preventing Russian dominance from the east
The Union would likely fall off power much like sweden did in our timeline
This union wouldn't see the same decrease in economic terms due to control the sounds and the tolls that they could collect from those sounds
As to whether or not the union could survive until the alarm day would really depend on factors that we can't get some answers to
The General European [wars] that occurred and our timeline could easily call as it's full
Or some war that happens in this alternate timeline could create its fall as well. You don't have answers
Trying to predict defects of an alteration in history from the [long-term] can be very difficult to do which is why this?
Scenario is ending here. I am to being going to more detail about this topic in a separate video
Tell me [in] the comments [below] if you'd want to see that or any other alternate history suggestions that you end up having