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The ensuing war was swiftly won by Sweden under Charles John's generalship. [84] [111] The military operations in 1814 were to be Sweden's last war to this day. [112] Charles John could have named his terms to Norway, but in a key concession accepted the Constitution of Norway and its own political autonomy.
The House of Bernadotte [a] is the royal family of Sweden, founded there in 1818 by King Charles XIV John of Sweden. It was also the royal family of Norway between 1818 and 1905. Its founder was born in Pau in southern France as Jean Bernadotte.
In 1803, the United Kingdom had declared war on France, and Sweden remained neutral, together with Denmark–Norway and Prussia.However, after the execution of Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé in 1804, the Swedish government broke all diplomatic ties with France and concluded a convention to allow the British to use Swedish Pomerania as a military base against France in exchange for payments.
Valdemar, King of Sweden is deposed Magnus Ladulås is crowned king of Sweden. 6000 mark war (1276–1278) Sweden: Denmark: Danish victory Sweden agrees to pay a reduced amount of 4000 marks to Denmark. Third Folkung Uprising (1278–1280) [17] Location: Sweden. Sweden: Folkung: Victory of the Swedish king Insurgents captured
During the Napoleonic Wars until 1810, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were allies in the war against Napoleon. As a result of Sweden's defeat in the Finnish War and the Pomeranian War, and the following Treaty of Fredrikshamn and Treaty of Paris, Sweden declared war on the UK. The bloodless war, however, existed only ...
When, after the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was in personal union with Sweden, the title included King of Norway, in older Swedish spellings: Sweriges, Norriges, Göthes och Wendes Konung. Upon his accession, Carl XVI Gustaf chose for his title simply Sveriges Konung (King of Sweden). [35]
The Napoleonic Wars ... Austria joined the alliance after the annexation of Genoa and the proclamation of Napoleon as King of Italy on 17 March 1805. Sweden, ...
From 1389 to 1523, Sweden was often united with Denmark and Norway under the kings of the Kalmar Union. Sweden's full independence was restored under Gustav I in 1523. He is often credited as the founder of modern Sweden, [11] and in 1544 he formally abandoned the previous elective monarchy in favor of hereditary succession. [12]