from the year 1648 in Sweden Monarch – Christina 17 May - Battle of Zusmarshausen 16 July–19 July – The Battle of Prague takes place in the Thirty Years'...

peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster. They ended the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and brought peace...

1648 (MDCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1648th...

until a peace agreement was at last reached in 1648. Dominions of Sweden – Territories under the control of Sweden History of Estonia History of Germany History...

establish postwar Sweden as a major force in Europe. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 granted Sweden territories in northern Germany. In the middle of the...

of Sweden (1611–1648) – Rise of Sweden as a great power Björlin 1890, p. 159. Björlin, G. (1890). Gustaf II Adolf: läsning för ung och gammal (in Swedish)...

Sweden. Sweden received the German town of Wismar with the surrounding countryside in the Peace of Westphalia (1648). In 1803 Wismar was pawned, in exchange...

Southernmost: Before 1648: south cape of Öland 1648-1815: Swedish Pomerania Westernmost: Before 1658: Vinga 1638–1655: as a colony, New Sweden Easternmost: 1617–1721:...

A governor-general (Swedish: generalguvernör) was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative, with both civil and military jurisdiction...

The Battle of Prague, which occurred between 25 July and 1 November 1648 was the last action of the Thirty Years' War. While the negotiations for the Peace...

Peace of Westphalia in 1648 granted Sweden territories as war reparations. Sweden demanded Silesia, Pomerania (which had been in its possession since...

In 1648 the Treaty of Westphalia confirmed the incorporation of the Bohemian Kingdom into the Habsburg imperial system, which established its seat in...

1646–1648) Memmingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647–1648) Überlingen (agreement with Bavaria, 1647–1648) Swedish Empire Swedish overseas colonies Swedish colonization...

The demography of Sweden is monitored by the Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Sweden's population was 10,555,448 (1 Nov 2023), making it...

brought Charles to rule as king of Sweden. His reign marked the start of the final chapter[citation needed] (dated 1648 by some) both of the Reformation...

The Treaty of Münster of 24 October 1648 was a treaty signed in Münster between, on the one hand, the Kingdom of France with regent cardinal Jules Mazarin...

Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II. When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination...

In Swedish and Finnish history, the Age of Liberty (Swedish: frihetstiden; Finnish: vapauden aika) was a period that saw parliamentary governance, increasing...

Pomerania with the Treaty of Stettin in 1630. At the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 and the Treaty of Stettin in 1653, Sweden received Western Pomerania (German...

period in Swedish history that lasted between 1523–1611. It began with the reconquest of Stockholm by Gustav Vasa and his men from the Danes in 1523, which...

and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660. He was the first son of...

Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4...

successor in 1649, despite the opposition of the Privy Council headed by Axel Oxenstierna. In 1648 he gained the appointment of commander of the Swedish forces...

Sweden died on 12 February 1771. The elections afterward resulted in a partial victory for the Caps party, especially among the lower orders; but in the...

Descartes to Sweden. Sweden continued to be involved in the Thirty Years' War during reign of Christina and that conflict was settled at the 1648 Peace of Westphalia...

Human habitation of present-day Sweden began c. 12000 BC. The earliest known people belonged to the Bromme culture of the Late Palaeolithic, spreading...

the Danish court in Nykøbing Falster. In 1648, she returned to Sweden and lived at Nyköping. Letters still exist, written by her in German to her father...

Sweden at various times sympathised with different parties in the conflict. Despite strong pro-German sentiment both in the Swedish nobility and in Swedish...

of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia. Born into the House...

Swedish Wismar (Swedish: Svenska Wismar) was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1648 to 1903 and corresponded roughly to the modern boundaries of...