Swedish Estonia

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Swedish Estonia was a dominion of the Swedish Empire on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, encompassing parts of present-day northern Estonia from the 16th to early 18th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Swedish rule in Estonia 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former dominion
historical region
administrativeLanguage German
alsoKnownAs Svenska Estland NERFINISHED
Svenska Estlandia NERFINISHED
capital Reval NERFINISHED
capitalTodayName Tallinn NERFINISHED
cededBy Duchy of Estonia (under Danish rule) NERFINISHED
cededTo Russian Empire NERFINISHED
countryToday Estonia NERFINISHED
currency Swedish riksdaler
demography majority Estonian-speaking peasantry
eliteGroup German-speaking nobility
endCause Great Northern War NERFINISHED
Treaty of Nystad NERFINISHED
endTime 1721
establishedDuring Livonian War NERFINISHED
followedBy Governorate of Estonia NERFINISHED
governmentType provincial administration under Swedish crown
heritage Swedish-era legal and educational reforms in Estonia
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
includedCity Narva NERFINISHED
Reval NERFINISHED
includedRegion Harju County NERFINISHED
Virumaa NERFINISHED
legalSystem Swedish law
locatedIn Northern Europe
eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
notablePolicy expansion of education and literacy
strengthening of Lutheran Church
officialLanguage Swedish NERFINISHED
partOf Swedish Empire NERFINISHED
Swedish dominions NERFINISHED
partOfConflict Great Northern War NERFINISHED
Polish–Swedish wars NERFINISHED
Russo–Swedish wars NERFINISHED
precededBy Duchy of Estonia (Danish Estonia) NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
ruler Charles IX of Sweden NERFINISHED
Charles X Gustav of Sweden NERFINISHED
Charles XI of Sweden NERFINISHED
Charles XII of Sweden NERFINISHED
Christina of Sweden NERFINISHED
Eric XIV of Sweden NERFINISHED
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden NERFINISHED
John III of Sweden NERFINISHED
sovereign Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
startTime 1561

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Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie birthPlace Swedish Estonia
Governorate of Estonia precededBy Swedish Estonia
Livonian Confederation followedBy Swedish Estonia
History of Estonia includesEvent Swedish Estonia
this entity surface form: Swedish rule in Estonia