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Kronborg Castle: Then and Now

Renaissance castle commanding the Øresund strait, rebuilt in 1574–1585; the setting of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Historical view
Kronborg Castle, historical view
Engraving of the Swedish siege of Kronborg (1658). Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Kronborg Castle, today
ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayDenmark
StatusStanding
Date1585
Nearest city on the mapCopenhagen (about 40 km)
Location56.039° N, 12.622° E
Map showing Kronborg Castle in 1500Kronborg Castle
Border map for 1500. See Europe in 1500.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCGermanic tribes
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BCNorsemen
100 BC–599Unclaimed / no data
600–999Danes
1000–1099Denmark-Norway
1100–1399Denmark
1400–1491Kalmar Union
1492–1499Denmark-Norway
1500–1599Kalmar Union
1600–1699Denmark-Norway
1700–1814Sweden
1815–1913Sweden–Norway
1914–todaySweden

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