Swedish Empire

E18828

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.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Swedish Empire canonical	85
Age of Greatness of Sweden	1
Kingdom of Sweden	1
Swedish Age of Greatness	1
Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway	1
Swedish Empire era	1
Swedish Empire period in Estonia	1
Swedish Great Power Era	1
Swedish Great Power era	1
Swedish Realm	1
Swedish colonial empire	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 (96)

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

Age of Sail → notablePower → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Charles XI of Sweden → era → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Peter the Great → conflictWith → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → mediatedBy → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Sweden

Swedish Empire → alsoKnownAs → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Great Power Era

Great Northern War → mainBelligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Tre Kronor Castle → locatedIn → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Realm

Karl Karlsson → era → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Swedish Regency Council → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates → relatedTo → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Age of Greatness

Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates → relatedTo → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Great Power era

Great Reduction (stora reduktionen) → temporalContext → Swedish Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Reduction

this entity surface form: Age of Greatness of Sweden

Battle of Lund → countryAtTime → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Landskrona → combatant1 → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Landskrona → primaryOpponents → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway

Battle of Landskrona → countryAtTimeLocation → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp → associatedWith → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Swedes → historicalEraOfProminence → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Academia Gustaviana → country → Swedish Empire ⓘ

riksdaler → usedDuringPoliticalEntity → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria → opponent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Poltava → belligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Poltava → opponent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Karl XIII of Sweden → birthPlace → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Baltic Germans → underRuleOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya → birthPlace → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Swedish Livonia → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Swedish Livonia → sovereignState → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) → followedBy → Swedish Empire ⓘ

New Sweden → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish colonial empire

Treaty of Stockholm (1719–1720) → topic → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Narva (1700) → countryAtTimeLocation → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Riga (1700) → countryAtTime → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Riga (1700) → defender → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Riga (1700) → belligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt → affiliation → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Tönning → combatant → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Tönning → opponent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Stormaktstiden → alternativeName → Swedish Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swedish Empire era

Age of Liberty → follows → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Bremen-Verden → partOf → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Siege of Narva (1704) → hasBelligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Oliva → party → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Battle of Lützen (1632) → belligerent → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Ösel → historicallyControlledBy → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Per Brahe the Younger → era → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Carolus Rex → politicalEntityRuled → Swedish Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles XII of Sweden

Treaty of Roskilde → concludedBetween → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Roskilde → territoryCededTo → Swedish Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Roskilde → strengthened → Swedish Empire ⓘ