Archaeologists think the man buried in the grave may have been a wealthy supporter of the Kalmar Union in which a single monarch united the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia took part in a ceremony to celebrate 500 years as an independent ... His election ended the so-called Kalmar Union with Norway and Denmark, ...

The famous Kalmar Union, which at one point joined up most of the Nordic world (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, and part of Finland) into a single entity. Or even the Union of South ...

in June 6, 1523, Gustav Vasa ascended to the throne marking the beginning of modern Sweden. When Gustav Vasa was crowned king in 1523, Sweden left the Kalmar Union with Denmark and Norway, and ...

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.

1397 - Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power. 1729 - Greenland becomes Danish province. 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.

The new king of Denmark has changed the country’s royal ... crowns of the Kalmar Union — a polity that existed from 1397 to 1523 consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, ...