Sensational revelation: Denmark was about to be swallowed up by a Scandinavian union and get a S

Is there enough documentation to say that the plan was ready to be implemented?

"The fact that the plans are presented to the Swedish king with the names of leading Danish politicians, with reference to an understanding with Bismarck, and that they have been preserved in archives connected to the royal power, shows that it was meant seriously. We know that there were also revolutionary plans in November 1863 and February 1864. They have simply been lost. In other words, it was not a sudden deposit.'

The Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) actively tried to support the plan for a Scandinavia.

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The Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) actively tried to support the plan for a Scandinavia.

According to Rasmus Glenthøj, the Scandinavians committed high treason. When it came to nothing, the coup plotters made sure to systematically erase their traces in their own archives by burning papers. The lack of documentation has led Danish historians to believe that there was nothing involved. But the evidence was found in Stockholm.

Was the coup plan realistic?

» Scandinavianism's possibilities were at their best during the Crimean War 1853-1856 and the war in 1864. With luck and skill it could have become a reality. The revolutionary plans after the war are due to desperation and the fear that Christian IX would lead Denmark into the German Confederation. Kidnapping the royal family was possible, but politically hopeless. A popular uprising in understanding with Prussia was closer to the world of reality, without which I would directly call it a realistic plan .'

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So everything was open in the mid 19th century?

"Yes, the story we know was just one possible outcome. A united Scandinavia was another possibility that the contemporaries took seriously. A third possibility was that Denmark had been divided between Prussia and Sweden. The past had multiple futures. Denmark could have become part of a federation or disappeared in these years.'