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Constitution of Denmark

Denmark · Government / Government of Denmark. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1846–1953Date range
5Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1846

Christian VIII8 July 1846

Government / Government of Denmark

Declares the state indivisible & heritable by females

Christian VIII8 July 1846

Schleswig-Holst · Government / Government of Denmark

Declares Schleswig-Holstein indivisible from the rest of Denmark

1848

Adam Wilhelm Moltke1848

Copenhagen · Government / Government of Denmark

1st Prime Minister of Danish Parliamentary Government

1849

Frederick VII1849

Government / Government of Denmark

Founds the Constitutional Monarchy

1863

Christian IX18 November 1863

Government / Government of Denmark

The November Constitution establishes a shared law of succession and a common Parliament for both Schleswig and Denmark

1953

Erik Eriksen5 June 1953

Copenhagen · Government / Government of Denmark

Denmark adopts a new constitution

Names involved

Adam Wilhelm MoltkeChristian IXChristian VIIIErik EriksenFrederick VII

Provenance

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