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Alternate state flag: Used by private ships serving the Swedish Royal mail. 1761–1813: Military ensign of the Archipelago fleet: An all blue triple-tailed flag to be used by the Arméns flotta. mid-17th century–1815: State flag and war ensign: Similar to the present military ensign (slightly different colors and proportions occurred) c ...
Swedish Empire including overseas territories. 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.
State flag of Sweden from the 17th to 19th centuries, before the colour change to a brighter blue in 1906. ... List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire; State of the ...
Kingdom of Sweden; Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 5:8: Adopted: 22 June 1906; 118 years ago (): Design: A blue field charged with a yellow Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
The same design, but with a red Nordic cross on a yellow background, was used as union flag during the Kalmar union (1397 to 1523), and when that union fell apart in 1523 the same design, but with a yellow cross on a blue background (derived from the Swedish coat of arms adopted in 1442), was adopted as national flag of Sweden, while Norway ...
Swedish Pomerania (Swedish: Svenska Pommern; German: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War , Sweden held extensive control over the lands on the southern Baltic coast, including Pomerania and parts of ...
The union mark remained part of the flags of both countries until it was removed from the merchant and state flags of Norway in 1899 because of increasing Norwegian dissatisfaction with the union. It remained on the naval ensign of Norway and all Swedish flags until the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
New Sweden; Polish–Russian War (1609–1618) Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568) Polish–Swedish union; Ruhnu; Scania; Siege of Narva (1581) Siege of Narva (1590) Siege of Reval (1570–1571) Siege of Reval (1577) Siege of Älvsborg (1563) Siege of Älvsborg (1612) Swedish expedition to Livonia; Tartu; Talk:Swedish Empire; Talk:Vasa (ship ...