Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772)

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historical period political era

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Age of Liberty in Sweden	2
Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) canonical	1
Swedish Age of Liberty (end phase)	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

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)