Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)

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The Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) was a period of parliamentary dominance and reduced royal power in Sweden, marked by constitutional reforms, party politics, and increased civil liberties.

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instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Age of Liberty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frihetstiden NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy increased civil liberties ⓘ
parliamentary dominance ⓘ
party politics ⓘ
reduced royal power ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
endEvent Gustav III’s coup d’état of 1772 ⓘ
endTime 1772 ⓘ
followedBy Gustavian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
absolute monarchy of Gustav III ⓘ
follows Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
reign of Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
hasAspect early development of parliamentary accountability in Sweden ⓘ
expansion of press freedom ⓘ
growth of political factions within the Riksdag ⓘ
increased role of the nobility in politics ⓘ
hasConflict Hats’ Russian War (1741–1743) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConstitution Freedom of the Press Act 1766 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Instrument of Government 1719 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Instrument of Government 1720 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicPolicy mercantilism ⓘ
hasExecutiveBody Council of the Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForeignPolicyEvent Swedish involvement in the Seven Years’ War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swedish involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
hasFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary system ⓘ
hasIntellectualMovement Swedish Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage Swedish NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalInnovation strengthening of parliamentary control over the executive ⓘ
world’s first constitutional law on freedom of the press ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody Riksdag of the Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonarch Adolf Frederick of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederick I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gustav III of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Anders Chydenius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arvid Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carl Gustaf Tessin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carl Gyllenborg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gustaf Bonde NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henrik Magnus von Fersen the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPeaceTreaty Treaty of Åbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPoliticalParty Caps party NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hats party NERFINISHED ⓘ
limitsPowerOf monarch of Sweden ⓘ
powerHeldBy Council of the Realm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riksdag of the Estates NERFINISHED ⓘ
startEvent 1719 Instrument of Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
1720 Instrument of Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
accession of Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden ⓘ
startTime 1719 ⓘ

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Riksdag of the Estates → playedKeyRoleIn → Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
Swedish nobility → historicalPeriod → Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of Liberty in Sweden
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → precededBy → Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of Liberty in Sweden
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → historicalPeriod → Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Age of Liberty (end phase)