Editing Olaf II of Denmark (section)

==Reign==
When his grandfather [[Valdemar IV of Denmark]] died, Olaf was just five years old. He was proclaimed [[king of Denmark]] by a [[Danehof]] in [[Slagelse]] the following year. His mother, Queen Margaret, was to serve as regent due to his young age.  His proclamation included the title "true heir of Sweden" added at his mother's insistence since both his father and his paternal grandfather, Magnus IV, had been kings of Sweden until they were forced to [[abdicate]]. Olaf was hailed as king in [[Scania]], including the towns controlled by the [[Hanseatic league]] since the [[Treaty of Stralsund (1370)|Treaty of Stralsund]] in 1370. Queen Margaret signed a [[Haandfæstning|coronation charter]] on behalf of Olaf, who was too young to rule until he came of age at fifteen. In the charter Olaf agreed to meet with the Danehof at least once a year and return properties his grandfather Valdemar IV had confiscated during his reign.<ref>Danmarks Historie IIwww.perbenny.dk</ref>

Olaf became [[king of Norway]] on his father's death in 1380. Even when Olaf reached his majority in 1385, his mother ruled through him. With his ascent to the Norwegian throne, Denmark and Norway were thus united in a personal union ruled from Denmark. Denmark and Norway would have the same king, with the exception of short [[interregnum|interregna]], until Norway's independence from Denmark in 1814, as a result of the [[Treaty of Kiel]].