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SweGGate History
Major Events in Swedish History.

Overview of only wars and land changes here.
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Time	Event	Comments
1521	King Gustaf Vasa coronation	First king of the united Sweden
1540	Jordeboken	Nation-wide estate inventory for tax purposes. Most documents are preserved.
1560	King Gustaf Vasa dies
1561	King Erik XIV coronation	Erik, son of king Gustaf Eriksson Vasa (1533-77)
1561	Estonia under Swedish protection
1563	Nordiska sjuårskriget	Nordic 7-year war against Denmark until 1570
1563	Sturemorden	King Erik XIV executes several noblemen without a trial (Sture family). Imprisons his 1/2-brother Johan at Gripsholm castle 63-67. Declining mental health.
1568	King Erik XIV deposed King Johan III coronation	King deposed by the parliament. His half-brother Johan (1537-92) takes over.
1570	Peace treaty of Stettin	Peace with Denmark after Nordiska sjuårskriget. Älvsborgs första lösen - the ransom paid to the Danes to retrieve the fortress Elfsborg - near Göteborg city. Start of war against Russia (until -92).
		King Johan III is a Catholic and tries to introduce Catholic reformist practices to the Swedish Evangelical church.
1577	King Erik XIV dies	Imprisoned by his 1/2-brother, king Johan III. Maybe poisoned.
1592	King Johan III dies
1593	Uppsala möte King Sigismund coronation	After king Johan III:s death a church meeting in Uppsala confirms that Sweden is Lutheran-Evangelical. King Sigismund (Catholic, son of Johan III) crowned after being forced to accept the church's decision. Sigismund is also king of Poland and lives there enabling Duke Karl (1550-1611), protestant, brother of Johan III in the position of riksråd ("governor" of Sweden) to gradually take power.
1598	Battle of Stångebro	King Sigismund returns to Sweden with a Polish army but is defeated at Stångebro by duke Karl
1604	King Karl IX elected king	Confirmation of duke Karl's take-over but Poland and Sigismund still opposes until 1660. Elected by parliament but not recognized by several other countries from fear of the powerful Poland and its king Sigismund.
1611	King Karl IX dies	His son Gustaf II Adolf (1594-1632) takes over. Inherits ongoing wars against Poland, Russia and Denmark.
1611-13	Kalmarkriget	War against Denmark. Fortress Älvsborg (near Göteborg city) again captured by Danes.
1613	Peace treaty of Knäred	Peache with Denmark. Sweden must pay Denmark to get Älvsborg back Älvsborgs andra lösen.
1617	Peace treaty of Stolbova	after the 1609-17 war against Russia.
1618	30-year War starts	in N Germany. Several small countries fight Catholics against Protestants but Sweden is not yet involved.
1629	Cease-fire at Altmark	Cease-fire after the 1609-29 war against Poland, largely fought in the Baltic States which were Polish territory at the time. Gustaf II Adolf fought successfully, acquiring Estonia and 1/2 of Latvia, which remain Swedish territory for almost 100 years.
1632	King Gustaf II Adolf dies	killed Nov 6 at Lützen in 30-year War. His daughter Kristina (1626-89) takes over.
	Kristina abdicates	Queen Kristina converts to Catholicism and must abdicate. Moves to Rome, Italy.
1700	Stora Nordiska kriget	The great Nordic war 1700-21. Denmark, Poland and Russia set out to quench the Swedish dominating position in the Baltic Sea region and they succeed.
1718	King Karl XII dies	Killed at Fredriksten fortress in Norway in the war against Norway.
1809	Lost Finland	Sweden cedes Finland to Russia after a war 1808-9.
1814	Union with Norway.	Last war for Sweden. Now a very short campaign to secure the union with Norway decided in the peace treaty after the Napoleonic war in Europe.
1905	Unionsupplösningen	Union with Norway peacefully dissolved.

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