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a *** SweGGate StarGuide *** ®
This page will list the major
Swedish territorial changes. (NOT complete yet !). some wars and
peace treaties without territorial changes have been included.
I have an overview of major Swedish historical events
here
Overviews of territorial changes on maps
| In a hurry ? Read
this Short Summary -- otherwise read
it all here
Sweden builds a great power through wars in 15 -1658 acquiring control over the Baltics and N Germany. Lost this position in 1721 and finally lost Finland in 1809. |
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| Read this table starting at the bottom | |
| 1905 | Union with Norway dissolved. 100 years commemoration |
| 1813 - 14 | Napoleonic wars (Kiel). Lost N. Germany provinces. Gained Norway as a personal union (Swedish king rules Sweden and Norway) |
| 1808 - 09 | Finska kriget (Fredrikshamn). Lost Finland to Russia |
| 1743 | (Åbo). Forced by Russia to elect a relative of the tzarin's as king (Adolf Fredrik) |
| 1700 - 21 | Stora Nordiska kriget (Nystad). Lost most of the N. German provinces, All of the Baltics and parts of E. Finland |
| 1658 - 60 | Returns Trondhjems län and Bornholm to Denmark |
| 1657 - 58 | (Roskilde). Gets Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Bohuslän, Trondhjems län (Norway) and Bornholm from Denmark. |
| 1618 - 48 | 30 years' war (Westphalia). Gets some N. Germany provinces. |
| 1643 - 45 | (Brömsebro). Gets Ösel, Jämtland, Härjedalen, Gotland and Halland from Denmark |
| 1609 - 29 | (Altmark). Gets Livland (incl Riga) in the Baltics, from Poland. |
| 1611 - 13 | Kalmarkriget (Knäred). Pays "Älvsborgs andra lösen" (1613-19) to Denmark |
| 1563 - 70 | Nordisk sjuårskriget (Stettin). Pays "Älvsborgs första lösen" (1570-73) to Denmark |
| Time | Event | Description | |
| Gains | Losses | ||
| Use the appropriate map link above to see the location of places mentioned below. | |||
| 1905 | Union w Norway dissolved | Norway wants to terminate the union and the separation is concluded without actions of war. | |
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No territorial changes. |
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| 1814 | Peace treaty of Kiel | Peace treaty after the "Napoleonic wars", 1813-14. Detailed history here | |
| Norway in a personal union, King Karl XIII becoming king of both countries. | Remaining parts of Pommern (Pomerania, N Germany) | ||
| 1809 | Peace treaty of Fredrikshamn | Peace treaty after Finska kriget ("Finnish war"), 1808-09 against Russia. Detailed history here | |
| -- | Finland | ||
| 1790 | Peace treaty of Värälä | Peace treaty after the 1788-90 war against Russia. Victory at Svensksund. | |
| No territorial changes. | |||
| 1763 | Peace treaty after the "7-year war", 1756-63. (Do not confuse with the "Nordic 7-year war", 1563-70). | ||
| No
territorial changes. The Swedish forces are listed here |
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| 1743 | Peace treaty of Åbo | Peace treaty after the 1741-43 war against Russia. | |
| -- | Kymmenegårds län and Nyslott w surrounding country (all in Finland). Also forced to elect Adolf Fredrik of Gottorp, a relative of the Russian tzarin, as crown prince (ruled as king 1751-71) | ||
| 1721 | Peace treaty of Nystad | Peace treaty after the "Great
Nordic war", 1700-21 This marks the end of Sweden's position as the great power of N Europe, lasting abt 90 years |
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| -- | Livland (today Latvia), Estonia, Ingermanland and parts of Viborgs and Kexholms län. | ||
| 1719-20 | Partial peace treaty with Denmark and Hanover after the "Great Nordic war", 1700-21. | ||
| -- | All northern Germany territory except parts of Pommern (Pomerania, N Germany). | ||
| 1718 | King Karl XII killed in war against Norway. | ||
| 1700 | Stora Nordiska kriget | Denmark, Poland and Russia set out to quench the Swedish dominating position in the Baltic Sea region. Start of "Great Nordic war" | |
| 1661 | Peace treaty of Kardis | Peace treaty after the 1656-61 war against Russia. | |
| Confirmation of the peace treaty of Stolbova 1617. | -- | ||
| 1660 | Peace treaty of Köpenhamn | Peace treaty after the 1658-60 war against Denmark. (Köpenhamn = Copenhagen) | |
| Trondhjems län and Bornholm. cf below. | |||
| 1658 | Peace treaty of Roskilde | Peace treaty after the 1657-58 war against Denmark. | |
| Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Bohuslän, Trondhjems län (Norway) and Bornholm (island S of Skåne). | |||
| 1648 | Peace treaty of Westphalen | Peace treaty after the "30
years' war", 1618-48 war against several
northern Germany states. This finally establishes Sweden as the major power in northern Europe (position lost in 1721). |
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| VorPommern, Rügen, Usedom, Bremen and Verden. | |||
| 1645 | Peace treaty of Brömsebro | Peace treaty after the 1643-45 war against Denmark. | |
| Ösel (today in Estonia), Gotland, Jämtland and Härjedalen. Also a "lease" for Halland for 30 years. Relief from customs duty in Öresund. | -- | ||
| 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. | |
| Livland (today part of Latvia) and customs duties from several ports on the Prussian coast. | -- | ||
| 1617 | Peace treaty of Stolbova | Peace treaty after the 1609-17 war
against Russia. (Stolbova was a village south of lake Ladoga, no longer existing) |
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| Keksholms län (Finland) and Ingermanland (lost 1721). | -- | ||
| 1613-19 | Älvsborgs andra lösen | 2nd ransom for Älvsborg fortress
outside Göteborg the sum of 1 000 000 riksdaler. Was paid on
time 1613-19 and Älvsborg was returned. This ransom is genealogically interesting since all owners of taxable land in Sweden had to pay extra tax and were listed in tax registers. Cf first "lösen" |
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| 1613 | Peace treaty of Knäred | Peace treaty after the Kalmarkriget ("Kalmar war"), 1611-13 against Denmark. | |
| -- | Relinquish all claims of Finnmarken. Forced to pay "Älvsborgs andra lösen". Cf below | ||
| 1598 | Battle of Stångebro | Swedish king Sigismund returns to Sweden to fight insurgence by his uncle, duke Karl but lost at Stångebro and returned to Poland. | |
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| 1595 | Peace treaty of Teusina | Peace treaty after the 1570-95 war against Russia. | |
| Estonia and Narva. Monopoly of trade with Russia in the Baltic Sea area but this did not come into practice. | -- | ||
| 1592 | King Sigismund | Personal union with Poland since Sigismund, son of Swedish king Johan III, became king of Sweden and was already king of Poland. Dissolved in 1594. | |
| 1570-73 | Älvsborgs första lösen | First ransom for Älvsborg fortress
outside Göteborg the sum of 150 000 riksdaler. Was paid on
time 1570-73 and Älvsborg was returned. This ransom is genealogically interesting since all owners of taxable land in Sweden had to pay extra tax and were listed in a tax registers which are preserved. |
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| 1570 | Peace treaty of Stettin | Peace treaty after the Nordiska 7-årskriget ("Nordic 7-year war"), 1563-70. Peace with Denmark. | |
| No territorial changes. Forced to pay "Älvsborgs första lösen" to Denmark. | |||
Regarding Gotland province see link at the Gotland site
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