1611 in Sweden information

from the year 1611 in Sweden Monarch – Charles IX, then Gustaf II Adolf The Kalmar War begins. March 2 – Kexholm is captured by Sweden. Spring – A fortification...

day) – The 1611 Sanriku earthquake of 8.1 magnitude strikes off of the coast of Japan and causes a tsunami that kills almost 5,000 people in the northern...

Kalmar War (1611–1613) was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark-Norway soon gained the upper hand, it was unable to defeat Sweden entirely...

Charles IX, also Carl (Swedish: Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son...

Polish–Teutonic War History of Sweden (1611–1648) – Rise of Sweden as a great power Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm:...

Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II. When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination...

Denmark–Norway when Charles IX died in 1611. The war against Denmark–Norway was a terrible loss that forced Sweden to pay a ransom of 1 million silverdaler...

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and...

cousin Maria Elisabet (1596–1618), daughter of Charles IX of Sweden (reigned 1599–1611) With his mistress Karin Hansdotter (1532–1596) he had at least...

Vasas: A History of Sweden 1523–1611 (1968); Jan Glete, War and the State in Early Modern Europe: Spain, the Dutch Republic, and Sweden as Fiscal-Military...

In Sweden, public holidays (Swedish: helgdagar) are established by acts of Parliament (the Riksdag). The official holidays can be divided into Christian...

involving the Kingdom of Sweden. There are legendary accounts of Swedish kings well into prehistory and they are mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania, but Olof...

death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora...

breakup of Russia involved him in overseas contests for the possession of Livonia and Ingria, the Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) and the Ingrian War, while...

Sweden died on 12 February 1771. The elections afterward resulted in a partial victory for the Caps party, especially among the lower orders; but in the...

This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer)....

Immigration to Sweden is the process by which people migrate to Sweden to reside in the country. Many, but not all, become Swedish citizens. The economic...

In Swedish and Finnish history, the Age of Liberty (Swedish: frihetstiden; Finnish: vapauden aika) was a period that saw parliamentary governance, increasing...

Sweden at various times sympathised with different parties in the conflict. Despite strong pro-German sentiment both in the Swedish nobility and in Swedish...

name, as Charles IX (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted his numeral after studying a fictitious history of Sweden. In Norway he is known as Charles II. Prince...

the year 1611 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian IV Steward of the Realm – April – The Kalmar War begins as Denmark-Norway declares war upon Sweden. 3 May...

a consort has changed much over the centuries. The first Swedish consorts are spoken of in legends. Consorts until c. 1000 are often semi-legendary,...

also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great...