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Eric the Victorious
- For a consecutive list from then, the first Swedish king of whom anything definite is known is the 10th-century Eric the Victorious, though the information reported about him in different sources is scarce. Eric's son Olof Skötkonung was the first king to be baptized in Sweden and is credited with founding a Christian kingdom.
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For a consecutive list from then, the first Swedish king of whom anything definite is known is the 10th-century Eric the Victorious, though the information reported about him in different sources is scarce.
About 1000 A.D., the first king known to rule both Svealand and Götaland was Olof Skötkonung, but further history for the next two centuries is obscure, with many kings whose tenures and actual influence/power remains unclear. The Royal Court of Sweden, however, does count Olof's father, Eric the Victorious, as Sweden's first king.
Carl XVI Gustaf. Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, King Gustaf V. He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Jul 8, 2024 · Jean Baptiste Bernadotte became Karl XIV Johan, first as prince and later as king. He was crowned King of Sweden and Norway in 1818, following King Karl XIII’s death.
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Until the 9th century, the Scandinavian people lived in small Germanic kingdoms and chiefdoms known as petty kingdoms. These Scandinavian kingdoms and their royal rulers are mainly known from legends and scattered continental sources as well as from runestones. The Scandinavian people appeared as a group separate from other Germanic nations, and at...
Christianization
During and before the Early Viking Age, the people in what is now Sweden were primarily believers in Norse mythology, which dominated most of southern Scandinavia. Swedes had contact with Christianity from their early travels. Christian influence on burials can be traced to the late 8th century in some parts of Sweden. Additionally, Irish missionary monks were most likely active in some parts of Sweden, as demonstrated by Irish saints that were honored in the Middle Ages. Sweden is traditiona...
Consolidation
In the 11th and 12th centuries, the sources state how Sweden more or less consisted of self-governing provinces. It is established that Olof Skötkonung was king of Svealand and at least parts of Götaland, but it is uncertain whether his realm extended to include all of it. And after Olof, the reign of the country was on several occasions divided between different rulers.King Sverker I of Sweden (1134–55) is said to have permanently integrated Götaland and Svealand. The following centuries saw...
13th century
The greatest medieval statesman of Sweden, and one of the principal architects of its rise as a nation, Birger Jarl the Regent, practically ruled the land from 1248 to 1266. He is today revered as the founder of Stockholm and as the creator of national legislation. His reforms paved the way for the abolition of serfdom. The increased respect and power which later royals owed to Birger Jarl were further extended by his son, King Magnus Ladulås (1275–90). Both these rulers, by the institution o...
Lagerås, Per. "Environment, society and the Black Death: an interdisciplinary approach to the late-medieval crisis in Sweden." Environment, Society and the Black Death(2016): 1-208.Pulsiano, Phillip. Medieval Scandinavia: an encyclopedia(Taylor & Francis, 1993).Sawyer, Birgit. Medieval Scandinavia: From conversion to reformation, circa 800-1500(U of Minnesota Press, 1993).Weibull, Jörgem, Swedish History in Outline(Trelleborg, 1993 [1997])The kings and queens of Sweden – from Vasa to Bernadotte. Gustav Vasa came to power in 1521, and is usually regarded as the founder of the modern Swedish state. Since then, Sweden has had five royal dynasties.
Frederick (I) was the first Swedish king to reign (1720–51) during the 18th-century Age of Freedom, a period of parliamentary government. Frederick was the eldest surviving son of the landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
