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What did Denmark retain after Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars?

  • All of Norway's colonial holdings

  • Only Greenland

  • Only the Faroe Islands

  • None of the colonial holdings

Answer

After 1814, when Norway was ceded to Sweden following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark retained what remained of Norway's great medieval colonial holdings.
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