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The Constitution Era
1848-1920
The Constitution of 1849 introduced democracy in Denmark. The period includes the Schleswig Wars, women's suffrage, and the Reunification with Southern Jutland.
Key Events
1848-1850
First Schleswig War (Three Years' War)
June 5, 1849
The Constitution is adopted - absolutism is abolished
1864
Second Schleswig War - Denmark loses Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg
1899
The September Agreement - the 'Labor Market Constitution'
1901
The System Change - parliamentarism is introduced
1915
Women and servants gain the right to vote
1920
The Reunification - Southern Jutland becomes Danish again
Key Figures
Frederik VII
Signed the Constitution in 1849
N.F.S. Grundtvig
Priest, hymn writer, father of folk high schools
Thorvald Stauning
First Social Democratic prime minister (1924)
Study Tips
- 1June 5, 1849 - the date of the Constitution (Grundlovsdag)
- 21864 - National catastrophe, loss of Schleswig-Holstein
- 31920 - The Reunification, Southern Jutland returned
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