Period of Swedish and Finnish history from 1719 to 1772
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Kingdom of Sweden
Konungariket Sverige(Swedish)
1719–1772
State flag
Royal coat of arms
Capital
Stockholm
Common languages
Swedish (official)
Religion
Church of Sweden (official)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
King/Queen
• 1718-1720 (first)
Ulrika Eleonora
• 1720-1751
Frederick I
• 1751-1771
Adolf Frederick
• 1771-1772 (last)
Gustav III
President of the Privy Council Chancellery
• 1718-1720 (first)
Arvid Horn
• April – August 1772 (last)
Joachim von Düben
Legislature
Riksdag of the Estates
History
• Beginning of constitutional monarchy
21 February 1719
• Queen Ulrika Eleonora abdicated
24 March 1720
• Reconstituted
2 May 1720
• Constitutional monarchy abolished
19 August 1772
Currency
Riksdaler
ISO 3166 code
SE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Swedish Empire
Gustavian era
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