Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)

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The Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) was a period of parliamentary dominance and reduced royal power in Sweden, marked by constitutional reforms, party politics, and increased civil liberties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Age of Liberty ⓘ
Frihetstiden ⓘ
characterizedBy increased civil liberties ⓘ
parliamentary dominance ⓘ
party politics ⓘ
reduced royal power ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
endEvent Gustav III’s coup d’état of 1772 ⓘ
endTime 1772 ⓘ
followedBy Gustavian era ⓘ
absolute monarchy of Gustav III ⓘ
follows Great Northern War ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
reign of Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
hasAspect early development of parliamentary accountability in Sweden ⓘ
expansion of press freedom ⓘ
growth of political factions within the Riksdag ⓘ
increased role of the nobility in politics ⓘ
hasConflict Hats’ Russian War (1741–1743) ⓘ
hasConstitution Freedom of the Press Act 1766 ⓘ
Instrument of Government 1719 ⓘ
Instrument of Government 1720 ⓘ
hasEconomicPolicy mercantilism ⓘ
hasExecutiveBody Council of the Realm ⓘ
hasForeignPolicyEvent Swedish involvement in the Seven Years’ War ⓘ
Swedish involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary system ⓘ
hasIntellectualMovement Swedish Enlightenment ⓘ
hasLanguage Swedish ⓘ
linked to: Swedish language
hasLegalInnovation strengthening of parliamentary control over the executive ⓘ
world’s first constitutional law on freedom of the press ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
hasMonarch Adolf Frederick of Sweden ⓘ
Frederick I of Sweden ⓘ
Gustav III of Sweden ⓘ
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Anders Chydenius ⓘ
Arvid Horn ⓘ
Carl Gustaf Tessin ⓘ
Carl Gyllenborg ⓘ
Gustaf Bonde ⓘ
Henrik Magnus von Fersen the Elder ⓘ
hasPeaceTreaty Treaty of Åbo ⓘ
hasPoliticalParty Caps party ⓘ
linked to: Caps Party

Hats party ⓘ
linked to: Hats Party
limitsPowerOf monarch of Sweden ⓘ
powerHeldBy Council of the Realm ⓘ
Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
startEvent 1719 Instrument of Government ⓘ
1720 Instrument of Government ⓘ
accession of Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden ⓘ
startTime 1719 ⓘ

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Riksdag of the Estates → playedKeyRoleIn → Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
Swedish nobility → historicalPeriod → Age of Liberty in Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → precededBy → Age of Liberty in Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → historicalPeriod → Swedish Age of Liberty (end phase) ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie → partOf → Swedish Age of Liberty high society ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)
Frihetstiden → alsoKnownAs → Svenska frihetstiden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)