Overview
- Explores how Scandinavianism strongly influenced leading political decision-makers in the 1850s
- Shows how a united Scandinavia was considered a viable option by Bismarck, Cavour, Napoleon III, and Queen Victoria
- Accounts for how the Second Schleswig War was nearly a Scandinavian war of unification
Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (WCS)
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Keywords
- nationalism
- Napoleonic Wars
- German Wars of Unification
- nineteenth century
- ideology
About this book
This book accounts for Scandinavian unification efforts in a time of great upheaval. The ideological repercussions of the European revolutions of 1848-1849 and the Crimean War (1853-1856) transformed both the international political system and nationalism into more ‘realist’ types. The First Schleswig War (1848-1851) having nearly turned into one of Scandinavian unification, the influence of Scandinavianism extended into the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian courts, cabinets and parliaments, attracting interest from the great powers. The Crimean War offered another window of opportunity for Scandinavian unification, before the Danish-German conflict over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein nearly united Scandinavia upon the outbreak of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The ultimate failure of Scandinavianism in its unification efforts was not predetermined, although historiography has made it appear as such. Napoleon III, Cavour and Bismarck all actively contributed to plans for Scandinavian unification, the latter even declaring himself as “very strongly Scandinavian”.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Rasmus Glenthøj is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Denmark.
Morten Nordhagen Ottosen is Professor of History at the Norwegian Defence University College.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Scandinavia and Bismarck
Book Subtitle: The Zenith of Scandinavianism
Authors: Morten Nordhagen Ottosen, Rasmus Glenthøj
Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46556-7Due: 29 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-46559-8Due: 29 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-46557-4Due: 29 May 2024
Series ISSN: 2634-6699
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 491