State
Sweden
country in Northern Europe
- This boundary
- 900–1945 CE
- Founded
- 900 CE
- Capital
- Stockholm
- Government
- constitutional monarchy, representative democracy
- Languages
- Swedish, Sámi, Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Yiddish
Overview
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east, and shares a maritime border with Denmark to the south. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi) and with a population of 10.6 million, Sweden is the largest and most populous Nordic country, and is the fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. The population density is 25.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (66/sq mi), and 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas, mostly in the southern and central portions of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55°N to 69°N.
All rulers (62)
- Olof Björnsson970–975 CE
- Eric the Victorious970–995 CE
- Ring of Sweden993–1000 CE
- Olof Skötkonung995–1022 CE
- Anund Jacob1022–1050
- Emund the Old1050–1060
- Stenkil1060–1066
- Eric Stenkilsson1066–1067
- Eric the Pagan1066–1067
- Halsten Stenkilsson1067–1070
- Anund Gårdske1070–1075
- Blot-Sweyn1084–1118
- Inge the Younger1105–1125
- Philip of Sweden1105–1118
- Eric IX of Sweden1156–1160
- Magnus Henriksson1160–1161
- Karl Sverkersson1161–1167
- Canute I of Sweden1173–1196
- Sverker II of Sweden1195–1208
- Eric X of Sweden1208–1216
- John I of Sweden1216–1222
- Eric XI of Sweden1222–1229
- Canute II of Sweden1229–1234
- Eric XI of Sweden1234–1250
- Valdemar1250–1275
- Magnus III of Sweden1275–1290
- Birger, King of Sweden1290–1319
- Magnus IV of Sweden1319–1364
- Eric XII of Sweden1356–1359
- Haakon VI of Norway1362–1364
- Albert, King of Sweden1364–1389
- Margaret I of Denmark1389–1412
- Eric of Pomerania1396–1434
- Eric of Pomerania1435–1436
- Eric of Pomerania1436–1439
- Christopher of Bavaria1441–1448
- Karl Knutsson1448–1457
- Christian I of Denmark1457–1464
- Karl Knutsson1464–1465
- John, King of Denmark1497–1501
- Christian II of Denmark1520–1521
- Gustav I of Sweden1523–1560
- Eric XIV of Sweden1560–1568
- John III of Sweden1568–1592
- Sigismund III Vasa1592–1599
- Charles IX of Sweden1604–1611
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden1611–1632
- Christina of Sweden1632–1654
- Charles X Gustav of Sweden1654–1660
- Charles XI of Sweden1660–1697
- Carl XII of Sweden1697–1718
- Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden1718–1720
- Frederick I of Sweden1720–1751
- Adolf Fredrik of Sweden1751–1771
- Gustav III of Sweden1771–1792
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden1792–1809
- Charles XIII of Sweden1809–1818
- Charles XIV John of Sweden1818–1844
- Oscar I of Sweden1844–1859
- Carl XV of Sweden1859–1872
- Oscar II of Sweden1872–1907
- Gustaf V of Sweden1907–1950
Records (319)
- 530 CE — Battle on the Ice of Lake VänernBattle
- 800 CE — Battle of BrávellierBattle
- 870 CE — Harald Fairhair's campaign in GötalandCampaign
- 980 CE — Battle of FýrisvellirBattle
- 999 CE — Battle of SvolderNaval battle
- 1026 — Battle of HelgeåNaval battle
- 1062 — Battle of NisåBattle
- 1063 — Swedish–Norwegian WarWar
- 1099–1101 — Swedish–Norwegian WarWar
- 1099 — Siege of Kållandsö FortSiege
- 1101–1300 — Swedish–Novgorodian WarsWar
- 1134 — Battle of FotevikBattle
- 1178 — Battle of StorsjönBattle
- 1198 — Livonian CrusadeWar
- 1205 — Battle of ÄlgaråsBattle
- 1208 — Battle of LenaBattle
- 1210 — Battle of GestilrenBattle
- 1229 — Battle of OlustraBattle
- 1240 — Battle of the NevaBattle
- 1247 — Battle of SparrsätraBattle
- 1251 — Battle of HerrevadsbroBattle
- 1275 — Battle of HovaBattle
- 1276–1278 — 6000-Mark WarWar
- 1277 — Battle of EttakBattle
- 1289 — Battle of SkanörBattle
- 1308 — Siege of RagnhildsholmSiege
- 1317 — Battle of NorrmalmBattle
- 1317–1319 — War against Birger MagnussonWar
- 1360–1368 — Siege of NykøbingSiege
- 1361 — Battle of VisbyBattle
- 1362 — Battle of HelsingborgNaval battle
- 1368–1369 — Siege of LindholmenSiege
- 1368–1369 — Siege of HelsingborgSiege
- 1389 — Battle of ÅsleBattle
- 1437 — Battle of HällaskogenBattle
- 1438–1439 — Swedish Civil WarWar
- 1463 — Massacre at HelgeandsholmenMassacre
- 1464 — Battle of HarakerBattle
- 1470–1471 — Dano-Swedish WarWar
- 1471 — Battle of BrunkebergBattle
- 1491 — Turku port strike of 1491Uprising
- 1495–1497 — Russo-Swedish War of 1495–1497War
- 1495 — Explosion at ViborgBattle
- 1496 — Assault on IvangorodBattle
- 1497 — Battle of RotebroBattle
- 1501–1512 — Svante Nilsson Sture's War against DenmarkWar
- 1517 — Battle of VädlaBattle
- 1520 — Stockholm BloodbathMassacre
- 1520 — Battle of BogesundBattle
- 1520 — Battle of UppsalaBattle
- 1521 — Battle of VästeråsBattle
- 1521 — Conquest of UppsalaBattle
- 1521 — Battle of FalunBattle
- 1521 — Battle of Brunnbäck FerryBattle
- 1521 — Nydala Abbey BloodbathMassacre
- 1522 — Battle of StockholmNaval battle
- 1523 — Conquest of StockholmBattle
- 1523 — Conquest of KalmarBattle
- 1524–1533 — Dalecarlian RebellionsRebellion
- 1525 — Battle of BunketoftaBattle
- 1563 — Action of 30 May 1563Naval battle
- 1563 — Battle of MaredBattle
- 1563 — Battle of ÖlandNaval battle
- 1563 — Capture of ÄlvsborgBattle
- 1563 — Siege of Halmstad, 1563Battle
- 1563 — Battle of Gotska SandönNaval battle
- 1564 — Ronneby BloodbathMassacre
- 1564 — Siege of Steinvikholm fortressSiege
- 1565 — Battle of AxtornaBattle
- 1565 — Siege of VarbergSiege
- 1566 — Battle of BrobackaBattle
- 1566 — Bohus explosionSiege
- 1566 — Rantzau's raid in VästergötlandCampaign
- 1567 — Battle of RunaferBattle
- 1569 — Siege of VarbergSiege
- 1578 — Battles of WendenBattle
- 1581 — Siege of NarvaBattle
- 1590–1595 — Russo-Swedish War of 1590–1595War
- 1598 — Battle of StångebroBattle
- 1598–1599 — War against SigismundWar
- 1598 — Battle of StegeborgBattle
- 1600 — Battle of KarksiBattle
- 1601 — Battle of KokenhausenBattle
- 1601 — Battle of WendenBattle
- 1601 — Siege of WolmarSiege
- 1602 — Battle of RevalBattle
- 1602 — Siege of FellinSiege
- 1602 — Siege of WeissensteinSiege
- 1603 — Battle of RakvereBattle
- 1604 — Battle of WeissensteinBattle
- 1605–1618 — Polish–Muscovite WarWar
- 1605 — Battle of KircholmBattle
- 1608 — Capture of DaugavgrīvaBattle
- 1609–1611 — Siege of SmolenskSiege
- 1609 — Siege of PärnuBattle
- 1609 — Battle of SalisBattle
- 1609 — Battle of DaugavgrivaBattle
- 1609 — Battle of TverBattle
- 1609 — Battle of ToropetsBattle
- 1609 — Battle of KalyazinBattle
- 1609 — Second Battle of TverBattle
- 1611 — Siege of KalmarSiege
- 1611 — Storming of KristianopelBattle
- 1611 — Battle of KalmarBattle
- 1611 — Ryssby BattleBattle
- 1612 — Battle of KöllerydBattle
- 1612 — Battle of VittsjöBattle
- 1612 — Siege of ÄlvsborgSiege
- 1613 — Treaty of KnäredTreaty
- 1614 — Battle of RistilahtiBattle
- 1617–1618 — Polish–Swedish War of 1617-18War
- 1621–1625 — Polish–Swedish War of 1621–25War
- 1621 — Battle of KroppenhofBattle
- 1626 — Battle of WallhofBattle
- 1626 — Battle of GniewBattle
- 1626 — Battle of WendenBattle
- 1627 — Battle of OliwaNaval battle
- 1627 — Battle of DirschauBattle
- 1627 — Battle of CzarneBattle
- 1628 — Battle of DanzigBattle
- 1628 — Battle of OstródaBattle
- 1628 — Battle of TreidenBattle
- 1629 — Battle of TrzcianaBattle
- 1629 — Battle of GórznoBattle
- 1632–1648 — Naval War on Lake ConstanceWar
- 1633 — Battle of ŚcinawąBattle
- 1636 — Battle of HaselünneBattle
- 1641 — Battle of WolfenbüttelBattle
- 1642 — Pühajõgi RebellionRebellion
- 1644 — Battle of FehmarnNaval battle
- 1644 — Battle of Colberger HeideNaval battle
- 1644 — Action of 16 May 1644Naval battle
- 1644 — Battle of BysjönBattle
- 1644 — Battle of BorstBattle
- 1644 — Siege of Landskrona CitadelSiege
- 1644 — Siege of Laholm CastleSiege
- 1645 — Second Treaty of BrömsebroTreaty
- 1645 — Battle of VänersborgBattle
- 1647 — Battle of TrieblBattle
- 1648 — Battle of DachauBattle
- 1654 — First Bremish-Swedish WarWar
- 1655–1660 — Second Northern WarWar
- 1655 — Siege of Jasna GóraSiege
- 1655 — Battle of UjścieBattle
- 1655 — Battle of SobotaBattle
- 1655 — Siege of KrakówBattle
- 1655 — Battle of ŻarnówBattle
- 1655 — Battle of Nowy Dwór MazowieckiBattle
- 1655 — Battle of WojniczBattle
- 1655 — Battle of KrosnoBattle
- 1655 — Battle of Kościanem (1655)Battle
- 1655 — Dutch conquest of New SwedenBattle
- 1656 — Battle of WarsawBattle
- 1656 — Battle of ProstkenBattle
- 1656 — Battle of WarkaBattle
- 1656 — Battle of GołąbBattle
- 1656 — Battle of FilipówBattle
- 1656 — Siege of WarsawBattle
- 1656 — Battle of ŁowiczBattle
- 1656 — Battle of JarosławBattle
- 1656 — Battle of KłeckoBattle
- 1656 — Storm of KokenhusenBattle
- 1656 — Battle of ChojniceBattle
- 1656 — Battle of NiskoBattle
- 1656 — Battle of TykocinBattle
- 1656 — Battle of LubrzeBattle
- 1656 — Battle of KozieniceBattle
- 1656 — Battle of KcyniaBattle
- 1656 — Battle of Rautus kyrkaBattle
- 1656 — Siege of ZamośćSiege
- 1656 — Battle of Baranów SandomierskiBattle
- 1657 — Siege of KrakówBattle
- 1657 — Battle of GenevadsbroBattle
- 1657 — Battle of HjärtumBattle
- 1657 — Capture of Warsaw (1657)Battle
- 1657 — Battle of MönNaval battle
- 1657 — Attack on LavaBattle
- 1657 — Battle of KattarpBattle
- 1657 — Battle of LälitzBattle
- 1657 — Battle of SibbarpBattle
- 1658 — Battle of KoldingBattle
- 1658 — Siege of ToruńBattle
- 1659 — Skirmish at AndemoseNaval battle
- 1674–1675 — Swedish invasion of BrandenburgWar
- 1676 — Battle of LundBattle
- 1676 — Battle of HalmstadBattle
- 1676 — Siege of ChristianstadBattle
- 1676 — Landing at YstadBattle
- 1676 — Siege of LandskronaSiege
- 1676 — Battle of VänersborgBattle
- 1676 — Battle of HunnebergBattle
- 1677 — Battle of Køge BayNaval battle
- 1677 — Battle of LandskronaBattle
- 1677 — Siege of MalmöSiege
- 1677 — Battle of MønNaval battle
- 1677 — Battle of UddevallaBattle
- 1677 — Battle of MarstrandBattle
- 1677 — Jämtland campaign of 1677Battle
- 1677 — Siege of KarlshamnSiege
- 1677 — Siege of KristianopelSiege
- 1678 — Siege of Bohus FortressSiege
- 1678 — Siege of HelsingborgSiege
- 1684–1687 — Nils Bielke's Campaign Against the Ottoman EmpireCampaign
- 1700 — Battle of HumlebækBattle
- 1702 — Battle of KlissowBattle
- 1702 — Battle of VilniusBattle
- 1702 — Naval battles on Lake LadogaNaval battle
- 1703 — Battle at the Mouth of the NevaNaval battle
- 1704 — Siege of TartuSiege
- 1704 — Battle of LembergBattle
- 1704 — Battle of Orford NessNaval battle
- 1705 — Battle of WarsawBattle
- 1706 — Battle of ValkininkaiBattle
- 1706 — Battle of AlytusBattle
- 1708 — Battle of HolowczynBattle
- 1708–1709 — Siege of VeprikBattle
- 1708 — Battle of RajovkaBattle
- 1710 — Battle of HelsingborgBattle
- 1711 — Battle of LübowBattle
- 1711 — LöwendalsfejdenWar
- 1712 — Naval battle off RügenNaval battle
- 1712 — Battle of WesttiefNaval battle
- 1712 — Naval battles in the Greifswalder BoddenNaval battle
- 1713 — Action of 22 July 1713Naval battle
- 1713 — Battle of LandsbroBattle
- 1714 — Battle of NapueBattle
- 1715 — Action of 24 April 1715Naval battle
- 1715 — Battle of RügenNaval battle
- 1715 — Battle of Greifswald BoddenNaval battle
- 1716 — Battle of DynekilenNaval battle
- 1716 — Battle of GjellebekkBattle
- 1716 — First Battle of MossBattle
- 1717 — Battle of StrömstadBattle
- 1717 — Battle of GöteborgBattle
- 1719 — Battle of StäketBattle
- 1719 — Battle of Ösel IslandNaval battle
- 1719 — Attack on MarstrandBattle
- 1719 — Battles at Göta ÄlvBattle
- 1720 — Battle of GrengamNaval battle
- 1721 — Treaty of NystadTreaty
- 1721 — Battle of SelångerBattle
- 1741–1743 — Russo-Swedish War of 1741-1743War
- 1741 — Battle of WillmanstrandBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1743 — Dalecarlian RebellionRebellion
- 1751 — Lapp Codicil of 1751Treaty
- 1757–1762 — Pomeranian WarWar
- 1758 — Battle of GüstowBattle
- 1766 — Hofman UprisingRebellion
- 1780 — Battle of IbizaNaval battle
- 1788–1790 — Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790War
- 1788–1789 — Theater WarWar
- 1788 — Battle of HoglandNaval battle
- 1788 — Battle of KvistrumBattle
- 1788 — Capture of the frigate KilduinNaval battle
- 1789 — First Battle of SvensksundNaval battle
- 1789 — Battle of KaipiaisBattle
- 1789 — Artillery Duel at KorkiansaariNaval battle
- 1789 — Battle of HogforsBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1790 — Battle of SvensksundNaval battle
- 1790 — Second Battle of FredrikshamnNaval battle
- 1791–1792 — Swedish–Algerian WarWar
- 1796–1802 — Swedish–Tripolitanian warWar
- 1801–1805 — First Barbary WarWar
- 1802 — First Battle of Tripoli HarborNaval battle
- 1805–1806 — War of the Third CoalitionWar
- 1807 — Battle of StralsundBattle · France ▸ Sweden
- 1808–1809 — Finnish WarWar
- 1808–1809 — Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809War
- 1808 — Battle of SiikajokiBattle
- 1808 — Siege of SveaborgSiege
- 1808 — Battle of SandöströmNaval battle
- 1808 — Battle of BerbyBattle
- 1808 — Battle of NummijärviBattle
- 1808 — Battle of GrönvikssundNaval battle
- 1808 — Battle of PälkjärviBattle
- 1808 — Battle of LierBattle
- 1808 — Jämtland CampaignBattle
- 1808 — Battle of PrestebakkeBattle
- 1808 — Battle of KumlingeBattle
- 1808 — Battle of SamelinlaksoBattle
- 1808 — Battle of LokalaksBattle
- 1808 — Battle of BockholmssundNaval battle
- 1808 — Battle of Kimito StraitNaval battle
- 1808 — Battle of AlavusBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of JutasBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of JuthasBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of KauhajokiBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of KokonsaariBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1808 — Battle of LapuuBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of LemoBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1808 — Battle of NykarlebyBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of OravaisBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1808 — Battle of PulkkilaBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of RevolaxBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1808 — Battle of SalmiBattle · Russia ▸ Sweden
- 1808 — Battle of VasaBattle
- 1808 — Battle of Virta broBattle · Sweden ▸ Russia
- 1809 — Treaty of FredrikshamnTreaty
- 1809 — Battle of RatanBattle
- 1809 — Battle of HörneforsBattle
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