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Gustavus Adolphus (9 December [N.S 19 December] 1594 – 6 November [N.S 16 November] 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, [1] was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden).
In 1890, the first Swedish migrants arrived to Brazil. [1] In 1891, the Swedish multinational company Ericsson installed the first telephone in Brazil at the home of Emperor Pedro II in Rio de Janeiro. [3] In 1984, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden paid their first official visits to Brazil. [1]
In July 1630, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden landed in the Duchy of Pomerania to intervene in favor of the German Protestants. Although he was killed in battle at Lützen, southwest of Leipzig, the Swedish armies achieved several victories against their Catholic enemies.
Following the death of Gustaf II Adolf, king of Sweden, he is succeeded by his 6-year-old daughter Christina while five regents, headed by Axel Oxenstierna, govern the country since she is underage. Catharina Stopia is appointed to succeed her deceased spouse as Sweden's ambassador to Russia, and becomes the first female diplomat of her country.
The Danish dominance in this union occasionally led to uprisings in Sweden. During Gustav's childhood, parts of the Swedish nobility has tried to make Sweden independent from the union. Gustav and his father Erik supported the party of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden from 1512, and its struggle against the Danish King Christian II.
The head of the House of Bernadotte (a.k.a. the Swedish royal family), Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus was born on April 30, 1946 at Haga Palace in Solna, Sweden.He's now the longest-reigning Swedish ...
Queen Margrethe II: 20–22 November 2007 Austria: President Heinz Fischer: 5–7 May 2008 Portugal: President Cavaco Silva [2] 30 September–3 October 2008 Ukraine: President Viktor Yushchenko [3] 24–27 March 2009 Italy: President Giorgio Napolitano [4] 21–23 April 2009 Netherlands: Queen Beatrix [5] 23–26 March 2010 Brazil: President ...
Gustav III was known in Sweden and abroad by his royal titles, or styles: Gustav, by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, Heir to Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, etc. [11]