Editing Kalmar Union (section)

===End and aftermath===
One of the union's last structures remained until 1536/1537, when the [[Danish Privy Council]], in the aftermath of the [[Count's Feud]], unilaterally declared Norway a [[Traditional districts of Denmark|Danish province]]. This did not happen. Instead, Norway became a hereditary kingdom in a [[real union]] with Denmark.<ref>{{cite book |last=Moseng |first=Ole Georg |year=2003 |title=Norges historie 1537–1814 |publisher=Universietsforlaget AS |page=27 |isbn=978-82-15-00102-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Nordstrom |first=Byron |year=2000 |title=Scandinavia since 1500 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/scandinaviasince0000nord/page/147 147] |isbn=0-8166-2098-9 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/scandinaviasince0000nord/page/147 }}</ref> Norway remained part of the realm of [[Denmark–Norway]] under the [[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg dynasty]] for nearly three centuries, until it was [[Norway in 1814|transferred to Sweden]] in 1814. The ensuing [[union between Sweden and Norway]] lasted until 1905, when prince [[Carl of Denmark]], a grandson of both the [[Christian IX of Denmark|incumbent king of Denmark]] and the [[Charles XV of Sweden|late king of Sweden]], was elected king of Norway.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jubilee |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752591,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813201519/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752591,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2009 |magazine=Time |page=1 |date=8 December 1930 |access-date=17 December 2008}}</ref>

According to historian Sverre Bagge, the Kalmar Union was unstable for several reasons:<ref name=":1" />

* The power of national aristocracies.
* The varied effects of the Kalmar Union's foreign policy on the three kingdoms. For example, attempted expansions into Northern Germany may have served Danish interests, but was costly to Swedes who had to pay higher taxes and were unable to export iron to the Hanseatic League.
* Geography complicated control of the union in the event of rebellion.
* The large territorial size of the union complicated control.
* Denmark was not strong enough to force Norway and Sweden to stay within the union.