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1923 map showing Swedish possessions acquired between 1524 and 1658. Years in parentheses show when possession was lost. As a result of eighteen years of war, Sweden gained small and scattered possessions, but had secured control of three principal rivers in northern Germany—the Oder , the Elbe and the Weser —and gained toll-collection ...
Posse and the Swedish garrison, many of whom were ill, did their best to defend the city, which lacked fortifications. However, the burghers soon rose against the Swedes, the ammunition supplies were low to begin, and the defenders were forced to reuse bullets fired into the city, or alternatively buy them from the Trondheim burghers.
Map of the Swedish Empire and all of its colonial possessions Fort Apollonia ... Carolusborg: April 1650 – January/February 1658, 10 December 1660- 22 April 1663;
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The Swedish Empire following the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658. Swedish possessions in 1658. The year in parentheses is the year the possession was given up or lost. The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar ("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden.
Battle of Kobron; Battle of Tybrindvig; February 6 – Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross the Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea.; February 26 – The peace between Sweden and Denmark is concluded in Roskilde by the Treaty of Roskilde, under which Denmark is forced to cede significant territory.
The Swedish Empire at its height in 1658 The peace banquet (Fredstaffelet) at Frederiksborg Castle, following the signing of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The treaty's conditions included: [3] [4] [5] The immediate cession of the Danish province Scania (Skåne) to Sweden. The immediate cession of the Danish province Blekinge to Sweden.