Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a timeline of Swedish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Sweden and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sweden .
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
Swedish Empire (1648–1718) Enlightenment. Age of Liberty (1718–1772) ... Timeline; Sweden portal: This is a list of years in Sweden. 16th century. 1500s 1500
Swedish Empire (1648–1718) Enlightenment. Age of Liberty (1718–1772) ... Timeline; Sweden portal: See also This page was last edited on 30 October 2024 ...
Sweden joined NATO in 2024. It is a member of the European Union, but retains its own currency . Swedish icons include Sweden's quality of life, its neutrality, public health care, cars (Volvo, Saab), furniture , blonds and pop music performers (ABBA, Roxette, and Avicii).
Timeline of Stockholm; Timeline of Swedish history; Timeline of Uppsala; T. Timeline of Gothenburg; Y. Template:Years in Sweden This page was last edited on 13 ...
The Swedish Empire or the Age of Greatness (Swedish: stormaktstiden) [1] was the period in Swedish history spanning much of the 17th and early 18th centuries during which Sweden became a European great power that exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region.
The first union between Sweden and Norway occurred in 1319 when the three-year-old Magnus, son of the Swedish royal Duke Eric and of the Norwegian princess Ingeborg, inherited the throne of Norway from his grandfather Haakon V and in the same year was elected King of Sweden, by the Convention of Oslo. The boy king's long minority weakened the ...