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The ship Vasa gives an idea of the era.. In Swedish history, the first half of the 17th century was a period of awakening.As a leading European power, a role which the country was to impose itself following the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), required the capital to be refurnished with a worthy architectonic rob—the nation was determined never to repeat the embarrassment experienced ...
Updated borders for places like the Swedish-Finnish border and the Skåne-Blekinge border, added Blekinge, changed incorrect dates for places like Swedish Pomerania. 13:22, 23 January 2021 800 × 877 (504 KB)
For Stockholm, the early 19th century meant the only larger-scale projects to be realised were those initiated by the military which favoured a more stiff classicism, the local Swedish version of the Empire style (in Sweden named Karl Johansstil after King Charles XIV John).
During the so-called era of the Swedish Empire, ... Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. pp. 73–74. ... hitta.se - location map and virtual walk
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).
Located between the House of Knights (Riddarhuset) and the Chancellery House (Kanslihuset), it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire (1611–1718), originally designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Jean De la Vallée in 1662-1667 as the private residence of the Lord High Treasurer Gustaf Bonde (1620 ...
Stockholm two walls drawn in a map of the city in 1500-century. Blue lines represent the older, inner city wall. Red lines represent the newer, outer city wall. The Walls of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms stadsmurar) were a medieval fortification and defense system that would protect the city from attack on all sides. While the old city walls ...