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Jul 17, 2024 · The final years of the Kalmar Union were marked in Sweden by the struggle between the archbishop, Gustav Trolle (inaugurated 1516), and Sten Sture the Younger. The archbishop was head of the council, and he took over the leadership of the pro-union party.
Jul 18, 2024 · 7 September – The official entry of Christian II in Stockholm. October - Christian II introduces the right of his family to inherit the throne of Sweden. He also reinstate the deposed arch bishop Gustav Trolle. 1 November – Christian II formally elected monarch of Sweden.
2 days ago · Sweden's full independence was restored under Gustav I in 1523. He is often credited as the founder of modern Sweden, [11] and in 1544 he formally abandoned the previous elective monarchy in favor of hereditary succession. [12]
4 days ago · Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. When Ingeborg's brother King Eric XI died in 1250, though a child, Valdemar was elected king and crowned the following year in the cathedral at Linköping. [1] During the first sixteen years of Valdemar's reign, it was Birger Jarl who ...
Jul 16, 2024 · The old Assyrian city-state and its colonies by Mogens Trolle Larsen, 1976, Akademisk Forlag : [eksp., DBK] edition, in English.
Jul 17, 2024 · Gustav IV (ruled 1792–1809), unlike his father, Gustav III, was pious and superstitious. He considered events in France to be insults to moral order. A deep aversion toward the revolutionaries and toward Napoleon characterized his foreign policy.
Jul 9, 2024 · Whatever the feelings of the Protestant populations, the Protestant princes resented Swedish interference, and the refusal of George William of Brandenburg to cooperate with the Swedes thwarted Gustavus’s attempts to save Magdeburg from capture and sack at the hands of Tilly’s armies.
