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Danish Sovereignty
With a few exceptions, foreign policy was the responsibility of the king. During the reign of Christian III, relations with Sweden were peaceful.
Following the religious upheavals, the main goal was to secure Denmark’s position amongst the Protestants, and attention therefore turned towards the German territory.
Denmark was the leading power in the North, and the Baltic was still more or less a closed Danish-dominated sea, guarded by the strong Danish navy.
Danish sovereignty was best demonstrated when foreign merchant vessels dutifully cast anchor at Elsinore to pay their Sound Tolls to the Danish Crown.
Knud J.V. Jespersen, Gyldendal Leksikon
