What if the Kalmar Union Had a National Football Team?

When is the last time you thought about the Kalmar Union? Yeah, I thought so too. Well, let me rectify that with today’s story where we take a look at a hypothetical national team. A team that is so packed with attacking talent that it could blow away any opponent on a good day, but also lose pathetically on a bad one.

For those of you who didn’t spend your childhood playing historical strategy games and actually had friends let me give you a quick rundown on this union I’ve mentioned. Named after the city of Kalmar where it was sealed on June 17, 1397, it brought together the most powerful medieval Nordic states, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

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Its architect, Queen Margaret I of Denmark had the backing of the aristocracy of the three Nordic countries, who sought to unify their power in the face of the rising wealth and power of the Hanseatic League and the German expansion into the Baltic territories. Despite a small hiccup, where her son Olaf died aged just 16, Margaret adopted a nephew of hers, and thus the age of a unified Nordic kingdom began.