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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.
Swedish monarchs includes three queens regnant also to be found under Swedish queens and one duchess regent also found under Swedish princesses. The list of articles below is complete (as of July 15, 2009) with all legitimate monarchs included. Regarding alphabetical (and chronological) name sorting, note:
Republicanism in Sweden; Riddarholmen Church; Riksdagsmarschen; Coronation of the Swedish monarch; Royal Guards (Sweden) Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs; Royal Right of Disposal (Sweden) Royal Stables (Sweden)
Sweden's monarchy is amongst the oldest in the world, with a regnal list stretching back to the tenth century, starting with Eric the Victorious; the Swedish monarchy has, for the past thousand years, undergone cycles of decline and strengthening, culminating in the modern constitutional monarchy. [7]
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 Swedish Royal Family (including extended family members) in 1905.. A Swedish royal family, as closely related to a head of state, has been able to be identified as existent from as early as the 10th century A.D., with more precise detail added during the two or three centuries that followed.
This is a list of Swedish governments and rulers, from the end of the Kalmar Union until the breakthrough of parliamentarism. 1521-1523 : Regent Gustaf Eriksson Vasa (Continued as king) 1523-1560 : King Gustaf I of Sweden; 1560-1568 : King Eric XIV of Sweden; 1568-1592 : King John III of Sweden; 1592-1599 : King Sigismund of Sweden
The list of titles and honours of the Swedish Crown sets out the many titles of the monarch of Sweden since the creation of hereditary monarchy of the Kingdom of ...