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The Stockholm Bloodbath was a consequence of conflict between Swedish pro-unionists (in favour of the Kalmar Union, then dominated by Denmark) and anti-unionists (supporters of Swedish independence), and also between the anti-unionists and the Danish aristocracy, which in other aspects was opposed to King Christian. [4]
Florence Elisabet Stephens (5 October 1881 – 2 April 1979) was a wealthy Swedish landowner, known as Fröken på Huseby ("the Lady of Huseby") for her estate at Huseby. She was the main figure in the Huseby Affair ( Swedish : Husebyskandalen , "Huseby scandal"), one of the most prominent court cases in Sweden during the late 1950s and early ...
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Kurt Haijby (left) and lawyer Henning Sjöström on the way to trial on charges of extortion against the Royal Court. Gustaf V at the time of the First World War. The Haijby scandal (Haijbyaffären) was a political affair in Sweden in the 1950s, involving the conviction and imprisonment of restaurateur Kurt Haijby for the supposed blackmail of King Gustaf V.
Ivar Kreuger (Swedish: [ˈǐːvar ˈkry̌ːɡɛr]; 2 March 1880 – 12 March 1932) [1] was a Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In 1908, he co-founded the construction company Kreuger & Toll Byggnads AB, which specialized in new building techniques.
The fact that Charles was crowned as Charles XII does not mean that he was the twelfth king of Sweden by that name. Swedish kings Erik XIV (r. 1560–1568) and Charles IX (r. 1604–1611) gave themselves numerals after studying a mythological history of Sweden. He was actually the sixth King Charles. [6]
The drama tells the story of a cold case that went unsolved for 16 years and the arduous journey to finding the killer. ... N etflix’s The Breakthrough is a gripping Swedish miniseries that ...
Bofors scandal (11 P) R. Royal scandals in Sweden (3 P) S. ... Pages in category "Political scandals in Sweden" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 ...