Nordic monarchies
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Denmark, Norway and Sweden are constitutional monarchies. They can all be traced to the Viking Age around 1,000 AD.
UnderstandThe Nordic monarchs were traditionally also the heads of their respective national churches, though only the Danish monarchy retains that role today.
DestinationsThe Nordic monarchies also feature royal guards and changing of the guard ceremonies akin to the ones of the British monarchy.
Go nextSweden and Denmark have several nobility palaces and manors without direct connection to the Royal family. These are fewer in Norway, Finland and Iceland.
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- Photo: Oslo Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons