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Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein
The
Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein
was the transition from
Roman Catholicism
to
Lutheranism
in the realms ruled by the
Copenhagen
-based
House of Oldenburg
in the first half of the sixteenth century. After the break-up of the
Kalmar Union
in 1521/1523, these realms included the kingdoms of
Denmark
and
Norway
and the Duchies of
Schleswig
(a Danish fief) and
Holstein
(a German fief), whereby Denmark extended over today's
Denmark
,
Iceland
,
Greenland
,
Faroe islands
,
Skåneland
and
Gotland
in Sweden, and
Øsel
(Saaremaa) in
Estonia
.
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