Editing Kronborg (section)

===Krogen===
The castle's history dates to a fortress, ''Krogen'' ([[literal translation|lit.]] 'the Hook'), built in the early 15th century by the [[List of Danish monarchs|Danish king]], [[Eric of Pomerania]]. The king insisted on payment of [[Sound Dues|sound dues]] by all ships wishing to enter or leave the [[Baltic Sea]] through the [[Øresund]]; to help enforce his demands, he built a powerful fortress at the narrowest point in the Sound. At the time, the [[Kingdom of Denmark]] extended across both sides of the Sound. On the eastern shore the [[Kärnan|Helsingborg Castle]] had been operating since the Middle Ages. With the two castles and guard ship, Denmark could control all navigation through the Sound.

The castle was built on ''Ørekrog'', a sandy tongue of land stretching into the sea from the coast of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] toward the coast of [[Scania]]. The castle consisted of a square [[Curtain wall (fortification)|curtain wall]] with a number of stone buildings inside. The stone building in the northeastern corner contained the king's [[Dwelling|residence]]. The building in the southwestern corner contained a large arched [[banquet hall]]. The building in the southeastern corner possibly served as the [[chapel]]. Large portions of the walls of Krogen are contained within the present-day Kronborg Castle.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nielsen |first=Heidi Maria Møller | title=Krogen: The Medieval Predecessor of Kronborg | journal=Château Gaillard: Études de castellologie médiévale |volume=23 |year=2008 |pages=315–328 |url=http://www.academia.edu/download/33214303/Krogen.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.academia.edu/download/33214303/Krogen.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}<!-- Verifies much of prev. two para.s --></ref>

[[Christian III of Denmark|King Christian III]] had the corners of the curtain wall supplemented with [[bastion]]s in 1558–1559.