The Swedish Empire following the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658.Swedish possessions in 1658. The year in parentheses is the year the possession was given up or lost.
The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar ("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden. This generally meant that they were ruled by Governors-General under the Swedish monarch, but within certain limits retained their own established political systems, essentially their diets. Finland was not a dominion, but a land of Sweden. The dominions had no representation in the Swedish Riksdag as stipulated by the 1634 Instrument of Government paragraph 46: "No one, who is not living inside the separate and old borders of Sweden and Finland, have anything to say at Riksdags and other meetings..."
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The DominionsofSweden or Svenska besittningar ("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but...
were ruled as SwedishDominions under the Swedish monarch, in some cases for two or three centuries. Norway, in personal union with Sweden from 1814 to...
Latgale region of Latvia. Riga was the second largest city in the Swedish Empire at the time. Together with other Baltic Sea dominions, Livonia served...
Sweden-Finland DominionsofSweden Provinces ofSweden Old Finland Historical provinces of Finland Subdivisions of the Nordic countries Lands of Denmark "Folkmängd...
Swedish Lithuania, officially known as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Swedish: Storfurstendömet Litauen, Latin: Magnus Ducatus Lituaniæ), was a dominium...
Swedish Pomerania (Swedish: Svenska Pommern; German: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic...
Swedish Ingria (Swedish: Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominionof the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721...
1647–1648) Swedish Empire Swedish overseas colonies Swedish colonization of the Americas Lands ofSweden Provinces ofSwedenDominionsofSweden Unions of Sweden...
Swedish Wismar (Swedish: Svenska Wismar) was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1648 to 1903 and corresponded roughly to the modern boundaries of...
as strongly implemented in the German dominionsofSwedish Pomerania, Bremen-Verden, and the Baltic dominions (Estonia and Livonia). In Germany, Charles...
The Swedish Blue (Swedish: Svensk blå anka) or Blue Swedish is a Swedish breed of domestic duck. It originated in the former dominionofSwedish Pomerania...
The coat of arms of the Kingdom ofSweden (Swedish: Sveriges riksvapen) is the arms ofdominionof the King ofSweden. It has a greater and a lesser version...
(1843–1854) Baltic states Guadeloupe New Sweden Saint Barthélemy Swedish Pomerania Swedish Gold Coast DominionsofSweden in continental Europe Vinland Helluland...
Reductions (Swedish: reduktion) in Sweden and its dominions were the return to the crown of fiefs that had been granted to the Swedish nobility. Several...
of the end for the Swedish Empire. In addition, the plague raging in East Central Europe devastated the Swedishdominions and reached Central Sweden in...
while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominionsof Bremen-Verden, themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor. Sweden was...
various dominionsofSweden. There were also times when temporary regiments were raised; these regiments were called männingsregementen. This is a list of currently...
King ofSweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II ofSweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe...
again captured by Sweden, this time for good. In the effect of the 1629 Truce of Altmark the city became part of the DominionsofSweden, which led to the...
Adolphus, as a part of the SwedishDominionof Bremen-Verden. In 1679, following the Treaty of Nijmegen, it was pawned, to the prince-bishop of Münster, in exchange...
The establishment of a dominium maris baltici ("Baltic Sea dominion") was one of the primary political aims of the Danish and Swedish kingdoms in the late...
and manage their property in accordance with Swedish law. In 1561, Sweden established the DominionofSwedish Estonia, which it would hold until 1710 (formally...
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