Maps of the Baltic Lands 1000 1809 AD United Scandinavia in yellow In 1809 the Russian Empire defeated the Kingdom of Sweden in the Great Northern War and the Finnish Provinces of Sweden where ceeded to the Russian Empire In 1814 Sweden was awarded Norway as being apart of the United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Empire of Russia Alliance against Napolean In 1905 the Kingdom of Norway peacefully gained its independence from Sweden and in 1917 the Republic of Finland gained its independence from Russia via Victory on the Battlefield Today it sits as follows i The Kingdom of Denmark 1814 Constitutional Monarchy ii The Kingdom of Norway 1905 Constitutional Monarchy i The Kingdom of Sweden 1563 post 1814 Constitutional Monarchy i The Republic of Finland 1917 RepublicConstitutional Monarchy Map of United Scandinavia 1397