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This list records the monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand years. [1] The incumbent royal dynasty of Sweden is the House of Bernadotte, established on the throne in 1818.
The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, [3] by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. [4] There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium.
Eric the Victorious (945–995) r. 970–995: Olof Skötkonung (980–1022) r. 995–1022: Estrid of the Obotrites 979–1035: Emund the Old r. 1050–1060
The date of Charles's death was chosen by a student association in Lund for annual torch marches beginning in 1853. [ 57 ] In his 1901 play Karl XII , August Strindberg broke with the heroization practice by showing an introverted Charles XII in conflict with his impoverished subjects. [ 58 ]
The British royal family have been marking a historic few years, but they're not the only European royals who have banner occasions in the works. Indeed, in September 2023, Sweden's own monarch ...
Carl Gustaf, 77, is the first king in the Swedish monarchy’s more than 1,000-year history to reach Sweden's figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne Skip to main content
Date formed Date if abolished King of Sweden: 14th century – present King of the Swedes * c. 1000: 14th century King of the Goths * 12th century 1973 King of the Wends * 1540 Grand Prince of Finland * 1581 1720 King of Norway * 1814 1905
Nyköping Banquet, Christmas celebration, after which King Birger imprisons his two brothers and starves them to death 1319: Sweden and Norway first unite 1323: Treaty of Nöteborg establishes peace between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic: 1344: Bridgettine Order founded by St. Bridget (Heliga Birgitta) 1350: Black Death arrives in Sweden 1359