Swedish Empire

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The Swedish Empire was a major European great power from the 17th to early 18th century, dominating much of Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region through military strength and maritime trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern state
former empire
alsoKnownAs Stormaktstiden
Swedish Great Power Era
linked to: Swedish Empire
capital Stockholm
continent Europe
country Sweden
currency riksdaler
declineCause defeat in the Great Northern War
dominantSea Baltic Sea
economicActivity maritime trade
endTime 1721
early 18th century
export copper
iron
tar
timber
followedBy Age of Liberty
Kingdom of Sweden
foundedBy House of Vasa
governmentType absolute monarchy
hereditary monarchy
headOfState Swedish monarch
historicalEra Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
legislativeBody Riksdag of the Estates
majorTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Treaty of Oliva
Treaty of Roskilde
Treaty of Westphalia
linked to: Peace of Westphalia
militaryInnovation Gustavus Adolphus' military reforms
militaryStrength major European great power
notableRuler Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XII of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
officialLanguage Swedish
linked to: Swedish language
partOf Great Northern War
Northern Wars
Thirty Years' War
precededBy Kalmar Union
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611)
region Baltic Sea region
Northern Europe
religion Lutheranism
religiousPolicy state Lutheran church
rulingDynasty House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
House of Vasa
startTime 1611
territoryIncludes Bremen-Verden
Estonia
Finland
Ingria
Livonia
Pomerania
Wismar
parts of present-day Germany
parts of present-day Latvia
parts of present-day Russia

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Age of Sail notablePower Swedish Empire
Charles XI of Sweden era Swedish Empire
Peter the Great conflictWith Swedish Empire
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) mediatedBy Kingdom of Sweden
linked to: Swedish Empire
Swedish Empire alsoKnownAs Swedish Great Power Era
linked to: Swedish Empire
Great Northern War mainBelligerent Swedish Empire
Tre Kronor Castle locatedIn Swedish Realm
linked to: Swedish Empire
Karl Karlsson era Swedish Empire
Swedish Regency Council partOf Swedish Empire
Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates relatedTo Swedish Age of Greatness
linked to: Swedish Empire
Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates relatedTo Swedish Great Power era
linked to: Swedish Empire
Great Reduction temporalContext Age of Greatness of Sweden
linked to: Swedish Empire
Battle of Lund countryAtTime Swedish Empire
Battle of Landskrona combatant1 Swedish Empire
Battle of Landskrona primaryOpponents Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway
linked to: Swedish Empire
Swedes historicalEraOfProminence Swedish Empire
Academia Gustaviana country Swedish Empire
riksdaler usedDuringPoliticalEntity Swedish Empire
Battle of Poltava belligerent Swedish Empire
Battle of Poltava opponent Swedish Empire
Karl XIII of Sweden birthPlace Swedish Empire
Baltic Germans underRuleOf Swedish Empire
Swedish Livonia partOf Swedish Empire
Swedish Livonia sovereignState Swedish Empire
New Sweden partOf Swedish colonial empire
linked to: Swedish Empire
Siege of Riga (1700) countryAtTime Swedish Empire
Siege of Riga (1700) defender Swedish Empire
Siege of Riga (1700) belligerent Swedish Empire
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt affiliation Swedish Empire
Siege of Tönning combatant Swedish Empire
Siege of Tönning opponent Swedish Empire
Stormaktstiden alternativeName Swedish Empire era
linked to: Swedish Empire
Age of Liberty follows Swedish Empire
Bremen-Verden partOf Swedish Empire
Siege of Narva (1704) hasBelligerent Swedish Empire
Treaty of Oliva party Swedish Empire
Battle of Lützen (1632) belligerent Swedish Empire
Ösel historicallyControlledBy Swedish Empire
Per Brahe the Younger era Swedish Empire
Charles XII of Sweden politicalEntityRuled Swedish Empire
subject linked to: Carolus Rex
Treaty of Roskilde concludedBetween Swedish Empire
Treaty of Roskilde territoryCededTo Swedish Empire
Treaty of Roskilde strengthened Swedish Empire