How did Sweden actually become an Empire?
The history of the Swedish empire is an era in Swedish history that has been covered extensively by history creators. At the same time has the story of how the kingdom truly became an empire has often been a period in the history of Sweden that seldom has been given much attention. In this video, we will cover this overlooked history.
We will start off by covering the reign of the mad king Erik XIV, after which we will cover the wars with Russia that his brother Johan III fought. We will then end the first part of this two-part series by covering king Johan's attempt to get his son onto the throne of Poland and the tensions it caused.
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Music credits: Lost time and Crusade by Kevin Macleod.
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Sources(Note: They only exist in Swedish).
Svensk historian(Olle Larsson and Andreas Eklund. 2015).
Det svenska samhället 800-1720 - Klerkernas och adelns tid(Maria Sjöberg och Thomas Lindqvist. 2019).
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 The mad king
09:44 Johan III
12:46 The throne of Poland