| 词条 | Danish overseas colonies |
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}}{{Infobox country |native_name={{lang|da|Danske kolonier}} (Danish) |conventional_long_name=Danish overseas colonies |common_name=Denmark |status = Empire |government_type = Absolute monarchy by divine right |year_start = 1536 |year_end = 1953 |life_span = 1536–1953 (Denmark) 1536–1814 (Norway) |p1 = Old Kingdom of Norway |p2 = Kalmar Union |flag_p1 = Kongeflagg.svg |flag_p2 = Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg |s1 = Kingdom of Denmark |flag_s1 = Flag of Denmark (state).svg |border_s1 = no |image_flag = Flag of Denmark.svg |flag_type = Flag |image_coat = Royal Arms of Norway & Denmark (1699-1819).svg |coa_size = 70px |symbol = Coat of arms of Denmark |symbol_type = Coat of arms |image_map = Denmark-Norway and possessions.png |image_map_caption = Danish possessions in the mid-eighteenth century. |capital = Copenhagen |national_motto = Ske Herrens vilje "The Lord's will be done" |national_anthem = Royal and National anthem Kong Christian stod ved højen mast "King Christian stood by the lofty mast" |common_languages = Official language: Danish Regional languages: Norwegian, German, Icelandic, Greenlandic, Faroese |religion = Lutheranism |currency = Riksdaler |title_leader = Kings }} Danish overseas colonies and pre Dano-Norwegian colonies ({{lang-no|Danmark-Norges kolonier}}) are the colonies that Denmark-Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed from 1536 until 1953. At its apex the colonies spanned four continents (Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia). The period of colonial expansion marked a rise in the status and power of Danes and Norwegians in the union. Being the hegemon of Denmark-Norway or the Statsfædrelandet (lit. State Fatherland), Denmark is where the union's monumental palaces are now located and Copenhagen, today the capital of Denmark, was the city which both Norway and Denmark came to establish as their capital. Much of the Norwegian population moved to find work in Copenhagen, attend university, or join the Royal Fleet. In the 17th century, following territorial losses on the Scandinavian Peninsula, Denmark-Norway began to develop colonies, forts, and trading posts in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian subcontinent. After 1814, when Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained what remained of Norway's great medieval colonial holdings. Christian IV first initiated the policy of expanding Denmark-Norway's overseas trade, as part of the mercantilist wave that was sweeping Europe. Denmark-Norway's first colony was established at Tranquebar ({{lang|da|Trankebar}}) on India's southern coast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. Today, the only remaining vestiges are two originally Norwegian colonies that are currently within the Danish Realm, the Faroe Islands and Greenland; the Faroes were a Danish county until 1948, while Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953. They are now autonomous countries of the Kingdom of Denmark with home rule, in a relationship referred to as the "Unity of the Realm". OverviewAfrica{{main|Danish Gold Coast}}Denmark maintained several trading stations and four forts along the Gold Coast in west Africa, especially around modern day Ghana. Three trading stations were built:[1] Fort Frederiksborg, Kpompo; Osu Castle by Accra in 1661, that was purchased from Sweden; and Frederiksberg. The forts were Fort Prinsensten built in 1784, Fort Augustaborg from 1787, Fort Fredensborg and Fort Kongensten, several of which are ruins today. Of these, two are still in existence, the Osu Castle, and the Christiansborg Castle, which used to be the residence of Ghanaian presidents. Plantations were established by Frederiksborg, but they failed. Fort Christiansborg became the base for Danish power in west Africa, and the centre for slave trade to the Danish West Indies. In 1807, Denmark's African business partners were suppressed by the Akan people subgroup-Ashanti, which led to the abandonment of all trading stations. Denmark sold its forts to the United Kingdom in 1850. List
Americas{{main|Danish colonization of the Americas}}Greenland (1814–1979){{main|History of Greenland|Royal Greenland Trade Department|}}Greenland was settled by immigrants from Iceland and Norway in the Viking Age after its discovery by Erik the Red in 995 or 996. Medieval Greenland was a bishopric with 22 churches and 2 convents under the archdiocese of Nidaros. In 1261 the Greenlanders became subjects of the Kingdom of Norway (872–1397). With the ratification of the Kalmar Union in 1397, Denmark-Norway inherited Greenland. After the Norse settlement in Greenland finally disappeared in the 15th century, Europeans did not settle the island again until 1721, when the Lutheran minister Hans Egede arrived and established the town now known as Nuuk. After Norway was ceded to the king of Sweden in 1814 following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained the old territorial claims as a condition of the Treaty of Kiel. The development and settlement of Greenland accelerated in 1945, instigated by the region's geostrategic importance in the Cold War era, itself exemplified and manifested by the US-Air base of Thule from 1943. Another reason and driving force was the emergence of fundamental technical abilities, such as aircraft and icebreakers at Greenland's disposition, giving the otherwise remote island a supply situation somewhat similar to Europe. Danish West Indies (1666–1917){{main|Danish West Indies|Danish West India Company}}Denmark-Norway acquired the island of St. Thomas in 1671[1] and St. Jan (now St. John) in 1718, and bought St. Croix from France in 1733. All of the islands' economies were based primarily on sugar. These islands were known as the Danish West Indies and were eventually sold to the United States in 1917 for 25 million dollars.[1] Several Danish-American succession talks had been made since 1870 due to a rising number of riots and unrest from the poorer English speaking population. The Zahle Government (1914-1920) held a heavily boycotted election for Danish mainland constituencies, which produced a minority for the sale of the islands. The United States hoped to use them as naval bases. Since 1917, the islands have been known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. Asia{{main|Danish India|Danish East India Company}}Denmark maintained a scattering of small colonies and trading posts throughout the Indian sub-continent from the 17th to 19th centuries, after which most were sold or ceded to Britain which had become the dominant power there.[1] The most important economic aspect was spice trade and access to the east Asian area, including Imperial China situated farther to the east. Tranquebar (1620–1845){{main|Tharangambadi}}The colony at {{lang|da|Trankebar}} (modern day: Tharangambadi) was kept for over 200 years, with a few interruptions, until it was sold to the British in 1845. Serampore (1755–1845){{main|Serampore}}In 1755 Denmark acquired the {{lang|da|Frederiksnagore}} (now Serampore), and later the towns of Achne and Pirapur. They are located about {{convert|25|km}} north of Calcutta. In 1818 Serampore College was established in Serampore, which still exists today. These towns were also sold to Britain in 1845. Nicobar Islands (1756–1848/1868){{main|Nicobar Islands}}There were also colonization attempts of the Nicobar Islands, called {{lang|da|Frederiksøerne}} ("Frederik Islands") or {{lang|da|Ny Danmark}} ("New Denmark") by the Danes between 1754 and 1868. AtlanticFaroe Islands (1536/1814–present){{main|History of the Faroe Islands}}As with Greenland, Denmark-Norway inherited the medieval Norwegian claims to the Faroe Islands as the successor state to Norway. The Faroes had become part of the Kingdom of Norway in 1035. After Norway was given to Sweden after the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained the Faroes as a condition of the Treaty of Kiel. Status as a Danish county ended in 1948, and the Faroes were given a large degree of independence within the Kingdom of Denmark. Iceland (1536/1814–1944){{main|History of Iceland}}As with Greenland and the Faroe Islands, Norwegian claims to Iceland were inherited by Denmark-Norway. Also like those possessions, Iceland was retained by Denmark at the Treaty of Kiel. A growing independence movement in Iceland led to Denmark granting it home rule in 1874 and expanding that home rule in 1904. In 1918 Iceland became a fully sovereign kingdom, titled the "Kingdom of Iceland", in personal union with Denmark. During Nazi Germany's Occupation of Denmark from 1940 to 1945, the Republic of Iceland was declared on June 17, 1944 after the result of a referendum. EuropeDanish Estonia (1206–1645){{main|Danish Estonia}}In the 13th-14th centuries, Denmark ruled parts of what is now Estonia. The colony was initially named the "Duchy of Estonia" ({{lang-da|Hertugdømmet Estland}}) and is retrospectively called Danish Estonia by historians. Bishopric of Courland (1559–1585){{main|Bishopric of Courland}}In 1559 the bishop of Courland and Ösel-Wiek Johannes V von Münchhausen sold his lands to the King Frederick II of Denmark for 30,000 thalers. The Danish king gave the territory to his younger brother Duke Magnus of Holstein. After Magnus of Livonia died in 1583, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth invaded his territories in the Bishopric of Courland and Frederick II of Denmark decided to sell his rights of inheritance. In 1645, Saaremaa was ceded from Denmark to Sweden by the Treaty of Brömsebro. Loss of coloniesThe loss of the colonies was caused by a lack of resources.[1]{{How|date=July 2018|title=How did the lack of resources result in the loss of the colonies?}} Eventually Denmark sold its colonies in India to Britain.[1]{{Elucidate|reason=What happened to the rest of the colonies?|date=July 2018}} LegacyGreenland and the Faroe Islands are the last remaining colonies. Greenland's colonial status ceased in 1953, and it became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It gained home rule in 1979 and further autonomy, including self-determination, in 2009. Likewise, the Faroes were incorporated into the Kingdom in 1816, with the status of a county, and then given home rule in 1948. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book |editor1-first=James Stuart |editor1-last=Olson |editor2-first=Robert |editor2-last=Shadle |year=1991 |title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC&pg=PA167&lpg=PA167|accessdate=September 4, 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.colonialvoyage.com/africa-list-dutch-colonial-forts-possessions/ |title=Africa. List of Dutch colonial forts and possessions |website=colonialvoyage.com |accessdate=11 March 2018}} Further reading
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