howd homeonttherange your typical problem is that you are being too literal the term personal union is a very special and limited constitutional term it refers to two or more states i e countries that recognise the same monarch as there head of state however their is no union of their parliaments some examples are i the union of kalmar its members were the kingdoms of denmark norway and sweden this gave rise to the termunited scandinavia in i believe sweden left the union the resulting left over union of denmark norway was dissolved in as being allied with napolean tunrned out badly