Swedish Empire

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early modern state former empire

The Swedish Empire was a major European great power from the 17th to early 18th century, dominating much of Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region through military strength and maritime trade.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Age of Greatness of Sweden 1
Kingdom of Sweden 1
Swedish Age of Greatness 1
Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway 1
Swedish Great Power Era 1
Swedish Great Power era 1
Swedish Realm 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern state ⓘ
former empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Stormaktstiden ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
surface form: Swedish Great Power Era
capital Stockholm ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
currency riksdaler ⓘ
declineCause defeat in the Great Northern War ⓘ
dominantSea Baltic Sea ⓘ
economicActivity maritime trade ⓘ
endTime 1721 ⓘ
early 18th century ⓘ
export copper ⓘ
iron ⓘ
tar ⓘ
timber ⓘ
followedBy Age of Liberty ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
foundedBy House of Vasa ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
headOfState Swedish monarch ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
legislativeBody Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
majorTreaty Treaty of Nystad ⓘ
Treaty of Oliva ⓘ
Treaty of Roskilde ⓘ
Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Westphalia
militaryInnovation Gustavus Adolphus' military reforms ⓘ
militaryStrength major European great power ⓘ
notableRuler Charles X Gustav of Sweden ⓘ
Charles XI of Sweden ⓘ
Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ⓘ
officialLanguage Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
Polish–Swedish wars ⓘ
surface form: Northern Wars

Thirty Years' War ⓘ
precededBy Kalmar Union ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) ⓘ
region Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form: Baltic Sea region

Northern Europe ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
religiousPolicy state Lutheran church ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ⓘ
House of Vasa ⓘ
startTime 1611 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Bremen-Verden ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Ingria ⓘ
Livonia ⓘ
Pomerania ⓘ
Wismar ⓘ
parts of present-day Germany ⓘ
parts of present-day Latvia ⓘ
parts of present-day Russia ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedish Empire → alsoKnownAs → Swedish Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Great Power Era
Battle of Poltava → belligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Karl XIII of Sweden → birthPlace → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Battle of Landskrona → combatant1 → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Peter the Great → conflictWith → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Academia Gustaviana → country → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Battle of Lund → countryAtTime → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Charles XI of Sweden → era → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Karl Karlsson → era → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Swedes → historicalEraOfProminence → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle → locatedIn → Swedish Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Realm
Great Northern War → mainBelligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Sweden
Age of Sail → notablePower → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Battle of Poltava → opponent → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Swedish Livonia → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Swedish Regency Council → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ
Battle of Landskrona → primaryOpponents → Swedish Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway
this entity surface form: Swedish Age of Greatness
this entity surface form: Swedish Great Power era
Swedish Livonia → sovereignState → Swedish Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Reduction
this entity surface form: Age of Greatness of Sweden
Baltic Germans → underRuleOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ
riksdaler → usedDuringPoliticalEntity → Swedish Empire ⓘ