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Political Geography: Nordic Colonies

Read the name of the colonial territory and then identify the present-day sovereign state(s) that contain its territory.

The first letter of each answer is given in the column preceding the answer.

Background:

- During the Viking Age, the territory that today comprises Sweden was not a unified country. Among the peoples who inhabited the area were the Varangians, who are mentioned in this quiz.
- From 1537 until 1814, Denmark and Norway were united as a single sovereign state, then referred to as the Dano-Norwegian Realm, Twin Realms, or the Oldenburg Monarchy, but today usually called the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway in English.
- The post-Viking Age Nordic countries were not prolific colonizers, so they are all combined into this single quiz.

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A given territory may have changed hands multiple times before becoming a sovereign state. Therefore, the end date of the colonial territory is not necessarily the same year the colony became independent or lost territory to the sovereign state that is the answer.
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Colonial Territory
Colonizer
 
Present-day Sovereign State
Island (1262-1918)
Denmark
I
Iceland
Jórvík (865-1066)
Denmark
U
United Kingdom (York)
- Guadeloupe (1813-1814)
- Barthélemy (1784-1878)
Sweden
F
France (Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy)
Danske Guldkyst / Dansk Guinea (Dutch Gold Coast / Dutch Guinea) (1658-1850)
Denmark-Norway
G
Ghana
Garðaríki (Kievan Rus’) (c.880-1240)
Sweden (Varangians)
B
Belarus
E
Estonia
L
Latvia
M
Moldova
P
Poland
R
Romania
R
Russia
S
Slovakia
U
Ukraine
- Trankebar (1620-1845)
- Frederiksnagore (1755-1845)
- Frederiksøerne (Frederik Islands) / Ny Danmark (New Denmark) (off and on, 1754-1868)
Denmark-Norway
I
India (Tharamgabadi, Serampore, Nicobar Islands)
Dansk Vestindien (Danish West Indies / Danish Antilles / Danish Virgin Islands) (1672-1917)
Denmark-Norway
U
United States (U.S. Virgin Islands)
Veðrafjǫrðr (800s-1170)
Norway
I
Ireland (Waterford)
Nya Sverige (New Sweden) (1638-1655)
Sweden
U
United States (parts of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
Hertugdømmet Estland (Duchy of _______) (1219-1346)
Denmark
E
Estonia
- Suðreyjar (700s-1266)
- Orkneyjar (800s-1472)
- Hjaltland (700s-1472)
Norway
U
United Kingdom (Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands)
Øsel (1559-1645)
Denmark-Norway
E
Estonia
Dyflin (853-1170)
Norway
I
Ireland (Dublin)
Svenska Guldkusten (Swedish Gold Coast) (1650-1658, 1660-1663)
Sweden
G
Ghana
Nortmannia (?) (830s-c.990)
prob. Denmark
F
France (Normandy)
Porto Novo (1733)
Sweden
I
India (Parangipettai)
Langbarðaland (1000s)
Sweden (Varangians)
I
Italy (southern)
Hertigdömet Estland (Duchy of _______ ) (1561-1721)
Sweden
E
Estonia
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