enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Kingdom of Sweden (800–1521) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sweden_(800–1521)

    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 ...

  3. Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden

    Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [ 4 ] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.

  4. Swedish Empire - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Empire

    A History of Sweden. New York: Praeger. free to borrow for two weeks pp 153–237; Bain, R. Nisbet. Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire, 1682–1719 (1899) online; Brems, Hans. "Sweden: From Great Power to Welfare State" Journal of Economic Issues 4#2 (1970) pp. 1–16 online; Evans, Malcolm (1997).

  5. Monarchy of Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Sweden

    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.

  6. List of Swedish monarchs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_monarchs

    Painting representing the Battle of Bråvalla, a legendary battle which supposedly took place in the 8th century, fought partly between the Svear and Götar. There were organized political structures in Sweden before the kingdom was unified; based on archaelogical evidence, early tribal societies are believed to have transitioned into organized chiefdoms in the first few centuries AD, perhaps ...

  7. History of Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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]

  8. Consolidation of Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidation_of_Sweden

    The consolidation of Sweden involved an extensive process during which the loosely organized social system consolidated under the power of the king. The actual age of the Swedish kingdom is unknown. [1] Also, for various reasons, scholars differ in defining early Sweden as either a country, state or kingdom.

  9. Government of Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Sweden

    The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sveriges regering) is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority.. The Government consists of the Prime Minister—appointed and dismissed by the Speaker of the Riksdag—and other cabinet ministers (Swedish: Statsråd), appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister.