Gustavus Adolphus - Sweden's Greatest King Documentary
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The reason that he never wore armor was that he, whilst on campaign in Poland I believe, got shot somewhere between his neck and collarbone. All attempts at extracting the musketball were unsuccessful, and it remained in his body for the rest of his life. This made wearing armor incredibly uncomfortable, so he decided not to wear armor anymore. That injury is also the reason he couldn’t feel a few of his fingers.
@@stefanskatteforhojning1134 Livrustkammaren, located on Slottsbacken, Stockholm Castle. The horse was/is named Streiff. Though it suffered some damages in the castle fire of 1648, it is one of the oldest - and according to Livrustkammaren - without a doubt most well-preserved taxidermied horse on display anywhere in the world. Well worth a visit (post pandemic, when the museum is re-opened).
Probably also considered himself almost “bulletproof” as well
@@tyzilla87 For sure! If not, at least perpetuating mythologizing the Lion of the North (Lejonet från Norden) to friends and foes alike.
This is true.
Great documentary. I wish more of my countrymen in the United States were aware of the rise of Sweden and of King Adplphus the second. He has been my hero and one of the most influential characters in early modern military history. He is unknown to Americans unless they studied at West Point or were born in Minnesota.
I was born in Minnesota and heard of him just this week.
@@bobkebob9980 That's especially sad. You guys got a University named after him.
@@patrickaalfs9584 It's a college, not a university.
@@blastulae Oh, sorry. I thought they offered bachelors degrees. My point was that it is not a well known name in the United States whereas most primary school kids are familiar .with the name in Europe
@@patrickaalfs9584 It does offer bachelor's degrees. But in the US, a university offers advanced degrees.
“The devil is very near at hand to those who, like monarchs, are accountable to none but God for their actions.” Gustavus Adolphus
What a man
James Stewart Your Welcome
Your speaking of the liberals who run our world today.
@@stephenbiggins9114 I think the argument that liberals run the world is a bit misinformed. There are still plenty of theocracies and authoritarian governments in the world that I doubt the liberals have fully taken over. Or is this just bitter grapes from last January?
This great King was Lutheran. He would hate this liberal Marxism today.
I know next to nothing of Swedish history. I love this series. Thank you so much.
Our Queens were also excellent administrators.
53:21 went by really fast. A great chunk of history
Thank you so much for this. As a English man ( Jersey, Channel Islands) teaching in Finland, in an international school,I have to cover the Finnish history up to 1809. Needless to say having this video is of fantastic help, both to me and my Grade 6 class. The information is interesting and well delivered.
Much like Charles XII, Adolphus was ambitious and insanely talented, but brash. Both met a similar fate on the battlefield.
I had to google the word "brash". Is brazen a good synonum to brash?
Fredo Sinsemilla yes
His name isn't Adolphus. His name is Gustav Adolf.
@@lottalarsson4121 In latin it becomes Adolphus. Same as Karl become Carolus.
Gustav Adolf had a greater strategic mind though
Did i just hear Bach's double Violin Concerto in D minor ?
They just realesed a movie about Cathalin the great, so i think they should make a movie about Gustav Adolf (his name in sweden)
Gustav Adolf den Anden?
My ancestor was ennobled for his military service under Gustavus Adolphus, and saved the king after he lost his horse during a battle against the Russians in 1617. The two were also said to be childhood friends since my ancestor's mother Brita Larsdotter was Royal Housekeeper of Nyköping Castle and wetnurse to Gustavus' sister. So besides the king being awesome, he was also involved with my family history.
Thanks for saving our heritage, dude. Your contribution by merely sharing this tale is appreciated. Awesome.
Damn, I didn't knew that Sweden had such great leaders before learning about him and Charles XII. I should learn more about the history of other European countries
Charles X and Charles XI weren't bad either.
Christian 2. was called Tyrant by the swedes because 80 swedish noblemen and women had been executed. It was the swedish archbishop Gustav Trolle who had ordered it, and the danish king had let it happen. But the video forgot to mention that the swedish king Erik 14. was raving mad. In the war with Denmark he ordered his soldiers to kill all danes they could get hold on. And he had an agreement with the spanish king Filip 2. to conquer Denmark, and all danes who were not killed should be deported to Cayenne. At last Erik 14. became too much and his brother Johan had him arrested, and after a couple of years had him poisoned in a dish of pea soup.
Yea as I understand it Christian 2 was more like a guy for the little Guy and not the upper class..... He was thrown of the Denmark as well as the nobility was afraid of him, that they also might become a head shorter, he went to Germany, became friend with Luther and got the New Testament translated and smuggled into Denmark in 1524 I think it was.
Hi, new subscriber here. I just want to say that I really do appreciate the hard work your entire team puts into these documentaries. Each are extremely in-depth and well written. Not sure if you have any Americans on your team but here in America we have a channel called "the history channel" that rarely shows anything about history but instead has show after show about crazy conspiracy theories like ancient aliens and bigfoot, or scripted "reality" tv shows about pawn shops, animal control in the bayou, and 2 guys who go around lowballing old people for the junk in their barn. I ask myself all the time "what the hell does that have to do with history?" any time I end up watching that channel. It's truly depressing what's become of that channel. It's very comforting that there are channels like yours and select others that I can go to to get my history fix. I'm sure im not the only one when I say you are very much appreciated. Thank you and keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing your future endeavors.
Yes! I agrEe. I can trawl through a lot of American junk before finding anything good and substantive. Why is this? A focus on style over content: hyperbole, meaningless buzz words and phrases ...it's nice to come across something good,: informative and well presented. I had not heard of Gustav the Great before.. Interesting
Wholeheartedly agree. History Channel no longer deserves to call itself the History Channel . For a few years now I have to find channels on UA-cam such as this one to get my history fix.
Tough titty P Diddy I’m here in America Nd I love history , especially the stories about royal families . What you said in your post about the history channel here in the states is SOMEWHAT true. sine of the programming digresses toward trashy topics . I’m fortunate that I’ve discovered tube , though .
Even though we won the battle of Lutzen, losing one of our greatest kings felt more as an defeat.
He was such an honorable man 🥺
Sweden were blessed with good commanders at the time but the most prominent man was Axel Oxenstierna (not a warrior) who did a hell of a job behind Gustavus
He was a great leader. He completely transformed Sweden, both from a political and military pov. He surrounded himself with capable men that he knew he could trust and that can do their job.
A great video on a great leader by a great channel! This is the first video of yours i see and i subscribed within 10 minutes, the quality is stunning!
Yes People profiles! That presentation was excellent. I had a great time. Thanks dear folk. Better than most things T.V. has to offer (i.e. Discovery channel). Hats doffed and blessings to an artful delivery of a great story from the past. xx be 'pon thee.
Yet another great documentary buddy very detailed,interesting and informative you have never dissapointed mate I am already looking forward to the next one 🙂👍👍
The Great King relied heavily on his Scottish contingent, no more so than the famous Green Brigade, who held the line at Lutzen against the Imperialists after he was slain.
The Scots in the Swedish service played a large part in saving Protestant Europe from Catholic hegemony.
One of my distant relatives was Robert Douglas, a Scotsman who was a field marshal in the Swedish army, and ended up being Count of Skenninge.
Facts
Scots made up a good part of the new city of Gothenburg, Swedes named 'Glen' or 'Morgan' are usually from there.
@@someopinion2846 basically, all Gothenburgers have scottish heritage then. There's a fun saying about Gothenburgers:
Alla heter Glenn i Göteborg = Everyone's name is Glenn in Gothenburg
@@Brakvash No, they're not.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg
'In 2019, approximately 28% (159,342 residents) of the population of Gothenburg were foreign born and approximately 46% (265,019 residents) had at least one parent born abroad.[177] In addition, approximately 12% (69,263 residents) were foreign citizens.[178]'
The city has been repopulated.
Sabaton anyone?
Carolus Rex.
The lion from the north
@@demonelf2094 "Carolus Rex" is Karl XII - Gustavus Adolphus' great grandson. We apparently had two genius monarch commanders within the span of a century o__0
@@Brakvash Lion of the North and Carolus Rex are Sabaton songs and Carolus Rex is also name of the album.
The fact that field generals, for generations after his death, modelled their defensive fortifications after his ideas (star fortresses), and have mentioned him as their greatest inspirations after Julius Caesar says it all. He may not have been a bright state leader, but on the battlefield, at the time, he was unmatched.
He is certainly one of my hero commanders and government modernizers. I have read about hi life and campaigns extensively.
Thanks for the good pronouncing of the Swedish names and institutions. From silly narrators that can´t say luftwaffe but luftoaffe it´s a great relief!
They should replace history teachers with your videos. The students would learn more and actually enjoy learning.
And now they just teach revisionist history, so your comment is even more relevent.
As a Swede I couldn't agree more. In school we were always taught to be ashamed over our history and were were taught that it was all pain and misery. Frankly I was insulted by this and learned history on my own instead and found out how glorious my country's history truly is.
Your videos are improving by leaps and bounds gentlemen. Thank you good sirs. ♜♝♞♟♚♛♔♕♖♗♘♙
The Lion of the North. Interesting how the Vasa went down the same way the Mary Rose did in England. Too weighed down and sank with gunports open allowing water to flood the ship.
A woman was in charge of the company that built the Vasa.
I’m not saying... I’m just saying... 😄
@ Because her man who planned the whole build and made all the drawings died after the bigger part of the ship was already completed
@ When the construction had begun and come a long way, someone suddenly changed the original plan of building a ship with one cannon deck into building two decks, which made the ship very unstable. Funnily enough no one was held responsible for this after the catastrophe. I think you can make a qualified guess who actually made the decision to change the layout of the ship...
@ She was the widow of the master shipwright and owner of the shipyard.
She was interrogated but freed from charge. She had no experience in ship building but was legally responsible for the shipyard, so she had to see to that the ship was finished.
It was concluded that no-one was to blame for the failed design. *cough* the king *cough*.
@@sinusfluvius6719 no, false
He was, is and allways will be one of the Greatest worier kings of vestern cultur!
Thx so much, I learnt something new about his family, thanks to your video!
Gustophs Adolphous Rex of Sweden, or he occasional was known "Captain GARS" HAS BEEN ONE of my personal heroes. My wife and had a magnificent vacation in the Baltic searching out many of the items mentioned in this video. One thing I didn't get to was the battle field at Britenfeld to see the Planck raised to this great Captin.
Peasants was definately not represented in the riksdag. The class you call peasents was farmers who owned their own land "Odalbönder" in swedish.
And by the way, The People's Profiles is really awesome. I really enjoy these biographies! Very inspiring!
Glad you like them!
"Where were you when gustavus die?"
"I was eating pickled herring when doorbell ring"
"Gustavus is kill"
"Nej"
*I hate "Copy & Paste" ;(*
What a grisly death...must've hurt like hell.
Great video! Thank you
Very well made 👏
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Seeing as The Lion from the North by Sabaton is one of my favourite songs, I was happy to finally learn the history of Gustavus Adolphus.
Gustavus Adolphus Lebera et impera
Gustavus Asolphus was a great king who yes spent much of his life time at war did so ensure that Catholic cruelty did not go unchallenged and help preserve the freedoms of his own country while trying to protect those of the fleeing survivors of the catholic cruelty. a truly brave man who was willing to stand up against tyrants and reigns of oppression.
How do you only have 50k subs!? this is fucking brilliant
Excellent profile. It's worth mentioning that many of the innovations that Adolphus introduced into the Swedish military were imitations and adaptations of the Dutch reforms undertaken earlier by Maurice of Nassau, the Prince of Orange.
Listening to this video I'm starting to realise just how little I know about the history of the Kings and Queens of Europe outside of England and France and a bit of Spain. Would be nice to see some more videos like this one and if possible even about lesser known rulers from places like Poland, The Baltic states, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, etc...
Gustavus Adolphus mah have been one of the kindest rulers in history. Theres literally nothing bad anyone has to say about him (aside from religious differences)
I would like to use term " brilliant " or " brave " or " ambitious "
The word " Kind " doesn't suit him
As Swedish army under his committed many atrocities in thirty year War
@@livewithapurpose5651
I'm not saying you're wrong, but I am not aware of this
@@orlokblackwater2628 He probably had his fair share of ambition in him as well.
Spectacular video! Despite the modern pleasures of today, the allure of magnificent figures like Adolphus the great never ceases
It's a delight to listen to your videos. I love your channel.
Great documetary. Although mentioned in the film, you should do another documentary about Axel Oxenstierna, the king's chancellor. He is the most important polical figure in Swedish history. As an english diplomat put it at the time "there is no man born outside of England wiser than Oxenstierna". He created the Swedish independent civil service based on meritocrasy that still pervails. Just look at Sweden's handling of covid....
Also known as Gustavus Adolphus the great, his tactics was a great inspiration for Napoleon and many more
A great King. A great leader. A great Commander 🇸🇪
A TIME OF RELIGION AND WAR. LEGENDS TELL THE TALE OF A LION
trollofduty007 this beast in the shape of a man with a dream to rule sea and land
AND ALL THOSE WHO STAND IN HIS WAY, DIE BY GOD AND VICTORIOUS ARMS
excellent as always!
Great video! Though I've never heard of that chocolate pastry you were talking about and I'm swedish.
Gusta Adolf bakelsen är det man hänvisar till. Aldrig hört om den ?Klassiker som idag kan bestå av lite vad som helst men har alltid Gustavs porträtt i chocklad på sig.
@@niklaslundh8944 Jag kollade upp det efteråt, men jag har aldrig sett dem på riktigt.
excellent my friend
Although reckless, a warmonger and over confident. Those certain characteristics Gustavus Adolphus attained as a king during his reign would become a necessity in the war effort against Emperor Ferdinand II insurrection against the Protestant states. Therefore administrating military reforms in the modernisation of the Swedish army and implementing different tactics that would gain a reputation as a force to be reckoned with. But it's still unfortunate that such a brave and energetic king like himself had to sacrifice his own life to prove a point. Well at least his legacy continues to impress many military concepts from this present day. Awesome video dude👍
Sigismund wasn't Gustavus uncle, their fathers were brothers.
I think he's a brilliant commander possessing unequalled zeal for a right course. I could go on forever singing his merits. It seems to me that his death and everything that caused him to be mysteriously found amongst the enemy's troops all alone must have been by the influence of some magical art. The Roman Catholics are very good at that.
love the vid, would also love a video about the swedish war king charles XII :D
a good read that covers this period is an alternative history series by eric flint 1632 ring of fire ----- it is science fiction but also well rsearched an written.
Basically it was the reliable and correctly firing TRIGGER that was invented by Gustavos military that completely reinvented infantry warfare. Until this competent trigger the biggest problem with firing a rifle or gun was that whole crazy wick and bag of gun powder and the unreliable flint lock that misfired and blew thousands and thousands of mens faces into smoldering blown up mess!!! So basically it was the well engineered trigger mechanism that made swords,pikes,bayonets, daggers,axes,big hammers lol and everyother manner in which men would conduct open field infantry warfare obsolete. Very interesting.
This is the way ...this is how leaders should act.
Solider: Who are you?
Gustavus: I was the king of Sweden.
In Sweden he is not called the great oddly.
He is officially named "the great" but I agree that most people do not include that when talking about him.
He is... Gustav den store.
@@TheSlyngel In Sweden he is just known as Gustav II Adolf.
his daughter is iconic
-50:58 when you absolutely own that comb-over
Sigismund wasnt gustav adolfs uncle, they were cousins
On 48:55 is a mistake i think.... because the capital of Bavaria is not Prague but Munchen i think you meant Bohemia instead of Bavaria
WENT OUT LIKE A BOSS
The Father of modern warfare, he was a king that knew all of the items to wage a successful conflict. He also brought back the use of cavalry delivering the coup de gras ( the final blow) !!!
Now understand tension between Poland & Russia
30 minute mark- is it proper to refer to a (presumably Lutheran?) Church service as a 'mass'? Grew up Catholic myself, was under the impression that most protestants dont refer to attending church as mass.
We beleive the word mass is used by both denominations.
Michael Silver I had the same thought myself
Can you do Suleiman the magnificent? he ruled for 46 years and went to many wars, his life is quite interesting.
We will indeed!
My ancestors from Dalarna helped put Gustav the first on the throne.
He was a truly great Commander. He thought he was doing God's work by supporting Lutheran Protestants in many far away lands. Imagine if he had not been killed in the Battle of Luetzen. Imagine if he had lived to age 75 instead of age 53. What more could he have accomplished?
Would be cool if he beat the reign of Louis xiv
I love this guy
Isn’t it interesting that the human race is rooted in territorial conflict
No doubt the acelerant of human evolution
This is a crazy good documentary. I am a middle aged Swedish history buff. And so far, only watched until 4.13, it has been spot on. Not what we have come to expect from Anglos. But there it is. Very very good.
the lion of the north Gustavus adolphus
I know my lifetime studies of European history learn rich history and learning such knowledge help one wise decisions as Foreign policies matter..King used same tactics as done during our Civil War in Southern States.
The grandfather of Rob Stark
Hearing the death of the Kalmar Union stings every time.
Never too late to unite again. But this time the seat of governement should be more centrally located. I vote for Gothenburg.
@@sinusfluvius6719 Sweden shouldnt be in any position of power or politics whatsoever in a union like this, if it were created. Im swedish btw
Continuing on this Scandinavian theme - any chance of a Mannerheim biography at some point?
fuck that tsarist fascist
I wonder what he thinks of the current state of the country, if he could somehow observe us from the afterlife. Not impressed would be my guess, lol.
Great video
*lejonet från norden*
det tviler jeg på
7:20 You see a man who is tired of politics and war.
Father of modern warfare
I think Charles XI he did what his son failed to do which is bring sweden that was almost overwelhmed by everybody to victory from the jaws of defeat and defeated Denmark, Russia, Poland and the Northern German states such as Prussia and reformed the empire.
For being heralded as a great tactician, He did not seem to have very many, only few in fact, victories.
curious what sources did you use for Gustavus? I've had a lot of trouble finding stuff to read about him
There is a book called Ofredsår by Peter englund and its much about this war and about Gustavus. I know its been translated to German but not sure if its available in english
@@fredrikeng2127 thanks for the recommendation
I had no idea Nicolas Cage was from Sweden.
“I was the king of Sweden”
His words when asked who he was at Lutzen
Det har jag svårt att tro på.
Late to this thread. The film Queen Christina starring Greta Garbo begins with this scene and these words. The following scene, where the 6 year old Christina is crowned King of Sweden is interesting to watch. A little kid, promising to be a good and just king, promising "to protect you all."
In 391 Theodosius made it illegal to be pagan and punishable by death, apparently the Catholic Church only revoked this edict in 1962 , what were the laws in Protestant countries concerning this? Which countries in Europe were the most tolerant of pagans and when did non Christian cults stop being persecuted here? ....Hopefully Gustavus Adolphus is now having a nice time with Shiva, Odin, Zeus ,Christ and all his other friends in Valhalla !
I'm a pagan. Sweden never really adopted christianity in their hearts. I belive in nature, not in human gods. When i "pray" its to nature i turn to. They hold the ultimate power of us all.
Vivat and Long-Live !
Perhaps Boris needs somebody like this to stand up against the EU(holy roman empire)
Boris Johnson is a week PM
Guess I need a slower, or more focused story. For me, it was fact, fact, new person, place, fact, new idea fact, statement, new concept, fact, new idea, fact, different person, changing countries, fact fact, back to who? Is that the same year? (American....with zero Swedish history taught in public school or college.)
It made me grateful that the US Founders did not want the turmoil of who will be king, and designed a system to check the power, instead of feed it. The idea of changing the president every four to eight years, max, has seemed to work. That said, American curriculum should include world history. The band Sabaton created songs about the Swedish Empire, and it's easy to remember and become interested in knowing more about this time in history.
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I dunno...King Gus was great and all...but he was no vikingr king. Sweden wasn't Sweden anymore - it had let itself be homogenized into breeches-and-frock-coat Europe and lost its identity. Like how centuries of English control turned the Irish from Irishmen into "Englishmen but with an accent".
Scandinavia should be *Scandinavian,* not someone else.
Lejonet Från Norden!!!
What no one has made a comment about the fictional series of books by Eric Flint and others???
Guys with a variation of the name Adolf are built different
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Isent Gustav Vasa swedens greatest king?
He united all regions to one nation.
I think Charles XII was as great with warfare but history writes the winners