Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains

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The Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains were the network of seaborne territories, colonies, and trading possessions controlled by the dual monarchy of Denmark–Norway during its period as a significant North European naval and colonial power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime empire
network of colonies and trading posts
overseas colonial empire
associatedWith Danish colonial empire
Norwegian maritime expansion
controlledBy Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
linked to: Denmark–Norway
diminishedAfter Treaty of Kiel
dissolvedFollowing Napoleonic Wars
hasPart Danish East India Company possessions
Danish Gold Coast
Danish West India–Guinea Company possessions
Danish West Indies
linked to: U.S. Virgin Islands

Faroe Islands
Fort Christiansborg
Fort Fredensborg
Fort Kongensten
Fort Prinsensten
linked to: Fort Batenstein

Greenland
Iceland
Nicobar Islands
Norwegian North Atlantic possessions
Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands

Royal Greenland Trade Department possessions
Serampore
Shetland
Tranquebar
historicalContext European colonialism
age of sail
languageOfAdministration Danish
Norwegian
linked to: Norwegian language
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Guinea
Indian Ocean
North Atlantic
operatedBy Danish East India Company
Danish West India–Guinea Company
Royal Greenland Trade Department
partOf Danish colonial empire
politicalCenter Copenhagen
Kingdom of Denmark
linked to: Realm of Denmark
temporalExtent 17th century
18th century
early 19th century
usedFor missionary activity
naval power projection
overseas trade
resource extraction
slave trade

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Admiral-General of Denmark–Norway hasJurisdiction Dano-Norwegian overseas maritime domains