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530
Legendary Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern
The Battle was called the Beowulf. The king in this story, Ottar, was on his way to raid and take over the kingdom of Geatland. They met on Lake Vänern. This battle lasted about 3 days, then the Ottar kingdom prevailed. They added Geatland to their territory, which eventually led to the birth of Sweden. -
530
Founding of Sweden
Sweden was founded in 530, A.D. It was the territory of King Ottar, who later eventually turned his huge territory into Sweden. -
1004
Christianity is Official Religion
History of Sweden (800–1521) Swedish pre-history ends around 800 CE when the Viking Age begins and written sources are available. The Viking Age lasted until the mid-11th century when the Christianization of Scandinavia was largely completed when Sweden became the last Norse country to adopt Christianity. -
1319
Sweden and Norway First Unite
Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (Swedish: Svensk-Knorska union; Norwegian: Den Svensk-Norske union), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, or as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its amicable and peaceful dissolution in 1905. -
Period: 1495 to 1497
Russia and Sweden's First War
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, Gustav III's War in Finland and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. -
1505
Kalmar Bloodbath
Kalmar Bloodbath (Swedish: Kalmar blodbad) in Kalmar, Sweden, on 16 May 1599 was the public execution by beheading of 22 people: three Swedish nobles and a priest, the governors Johan Sparre, Kristoffer Andersson (Gyllengrip), Lars Andersson Rålamb and the chaplain Birger, and the execution by hanging of the secretaries, custodians and mercenary officers. -
1567
Sture Murders
The Sture Murders (Swedish: Sturemorden) in Uppsala, Sweden of 24 May 1567 were the murders of five incarcerated Swedish nobles by Erik XIV of Sweden, who at that time was in a state of serious mental disorder, and his guards. -
Second Kalmar Bloodbath, and the Åbo Bloodbath
The Åbo Bloodbath (Swedish: Åbo blodbad) of 10 November 1599 was a public execution in the Finnish town of Turku (Åbo), then part of the Kingdom of Sweden, in the context of the War against Sigismund and the Club War. Sweden was by then in the final phase of a civil war, with one faction supporting king Sigismund III Vasa, who also was king and Grand Duke of Poland-Lithuania, and another faction supporting duke Charles of Södermanland, the later Charles IX, Sigismund's paternal uncle. -
Linköping Bloodbath
The Linköping Bloodbath on 20 March 1600 was the public execution by beheading of five Swedish nobles in the aftermath of the War against Sigismund, which resulted in the de facto deposition of the Polish and Swedish King Sigismund III Vasa as king of Sweden. -
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Second Russia and Sweden War
The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons, as he believed that a short war would leave the opposition with no recourse but to support him. Despite establishing himself as an autocrat in a bloodless coup d'état that ended parliamentary rule in 1772, his political powers did not give him the right to start a war. Also, he was becoming increasingly unpopular, an issue which became obvious during the parliament session of 1786.
