Anthem:Gustafs skål (1772–1792) Gustav's Toast Bevare Gud vår kung (1805–1809) God Save Our King
Capital
Stockholm
Common languages
Swedish (official)
Religion
Church of Sweden (official)
Government
Unitary absolute monarchy
King
• 1772–1792 (first)
Gustav III
• 1792–1809 (last)
Gustav IV Adolph
Regent
• 1792–1796 (first)
Charles, Duke of Södermanland
Legislature
Riksdag of the Estates
History
• Revolution of 1772
19 August 1772
• Assassination of Gustav III
16 March 1792
• Death of Gustav III and Succession of Gustav IV Adolph
29 March 1792
• King Gustav IV Adolph deposed
29 March 1809
• Constitutional monarchy restored
6 June 1809
Currency
Riksdaler
ISO 3166 code
SE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Age of Liberty
Union between Sweden and Norway
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The history of Sweden from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the Gustavian era of Kings Gustav III and Gustav IV, as well as the reign of King Charles XIII of Sweden.
The history of Sweden from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the Gustavianera of Kings Gustav III and Gustav IV, as well as the reign of King Charles XIII...
Gustavian style was the leading style in Swedish architecture, decor and crafts during the Gustavianera, inspired by French Neoclassicism. The style was...
became the first woman to graduate from a university in Sweden. During this era many university buildings were erected. In 1841 the new university library...
Consolidation Middle Ages (1050–1397) Kalmar Union (1397–1521) Early Vasa era (1521–1611) Great Power Emerging Great Power (1611–1648) Swedish Empire (1648–1718)...
plans during the era, of which those for the ridges surrounding today's old town still stands. In accordance to the mercantilism of the era, trade and industry...
west. The history of Sweden from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the Gustavianera of Kings Gustav III and Gustav IV, as well as the reign of King Charles...
also be used in a looser sense to refer to Swedes generally during the Gustavianera (i.e. the reigns of Gustav III and his son Gustav IV Adolf), in the...
Funeral of Gustav III Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment GustavianeraGustaviansGustavian style History of Sweden List of coups d'état and coup attempts...
cultural advancement continued into the eighteenth century, where the Gustavianera brought Stockholm's literature to its peak. Carl Linnaeus's scientific...
Count Georg Magnus Sprengtporten (16 December 1740 – 13 October 1819) was a Finland-Swedish politician, younger brother of Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten....
Pauli was the leading fashion milliner and modiste in Sweden during the Gustavianera. Caroline Reboux was a renowned milliner of the 19th and early 20th...
The following is a timeline of the History of Uppsala. ca 1000 BC – Håga mound. ca 800 BC – Granhammarsmannen. ca 0 – Yngvi found the city of Gamla Uppsala...
Count Gustaf Philip Creutz (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈfǐːlɪp ˈkrœjts]; 1 May 1731 in Anjala, Finland – 30 October 1785 in Stockholm), was a Swedish...
The Anjala conspiracy (Swedish: Anjalaförbundet, Finnish: Anjalan liitto) of 1788 was a scheme by disgruntled Swedish officers to end Gustav III's Russian...
Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen (5 April 1719 – 24 April 1794) was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of...
Ulrica Catharina Stromberg (1710-1777) was a Swedish courtier; överhovmästarinna (Mistress of the Robes) to the queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia...
The Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution (Swedish: Revolutionen) or the Coup of Gustav III (Gustav III:s statskupp or older Gustav...
Walhalla-orden was a secret society founded in the early part of 1783 in the Sveaborg (today, in Finnish: Suomenlinna) fortress outside Helsinki, Finland...
Enskiftet was an agricultural land reform in Sweden in 1803-1807. Its purpose was to replace the scattered farmland in village communities to connected...
Age of Liberty Coup of 1756 December Crisis (1768) Revolution of 1772 Gustavianera Coup of 1809 Sweden–Norway union Famine of 1867–1869 Modernization Industrialization...
superpower era of Sweden in the great work Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna. Other painters were David von Krafft, Michael Dahl. Liberty and the Gustavian period...
Camille du Bois de la Motte (1764–1819) was a French marchioness and political activist. In 1789, she was involved in the plans of Princess Hedvig Elisabeth...
Fersen, were Swedish ladies-in-waiting and leading socialites of the Gustavian age. Von Fersen's ancestors came from Estonia to Sweden at the time of...