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 …

The empire made possible colonization efforts, including the foundation of New Sweden in North America. The empire's control over key Baltic trade routes helped its economic prosperity. …

2025年1月16日 · Sweden occupies the greater part of the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. It has a 1,000-year-long continuous history as a sovereign state, but its territorial …

2024年7月18日 · The Swedish empire. Following the dissolution of the Kalmar Union, the Swedish foreign policy was aimed at gaining control over the Baltic Sea, which led to repeated …

The Swedish Empire expanded enormously into the modern Estonia and Latvia, northern Germany, and several regions that to this day are part of Sweden. Before the end of the 17th …

In addition to extensive territory around and beyond the Baltic, Sweden possessed overseas colonies from 1638 to 1663, and from 1784 to 1878, mainly in North America and Africa, …

Map of New Sweden c. 1650 Seal of the Swedish governor of Saint Barthélemy, 1784–1878.. By the middle of the 17th century, the Swedish Empire had reached its greatest territorial extent. …

2023年12月24日 · At its height, the Swedish Empire around the Baltic Sea encompassed modern-day Finland, and parts of Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and Norway. Eventual …

The Swedish Empire refers to the Kingdom of Sweden's territorial control of much of the Baltic region during the 17th and early 18th centuries, a time when Sweden was one of the great …

2025年1月8日 · The Swedish Empire steadily accumulated power from 1611 to 1718 through empirical expansion and colonial exploration. At one point, the Swedish were a force to be …