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A rough map of the extent of Swedish rule, c. 1280 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.
The completion of detailed maps of Sweden's agricultural land, forests, and surrounding seas coincided with the country's economic development and its rise to great power status under the rule of strong monarchs and a centralized state bureaucracy.
May 15, 2024 · The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia. It is bordered by Norway in the west, Finland in the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait in the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia in the east. It is connected to Denmark in the southwest by the Oresund Bridge.
Sep 20, 2017 · Category. : Maps of the history of Sweden. Please see the maps categorization scheme guidelines . For old maps showing history of Sweden (that is, maps made over 70 years ago), please see category Old maps of Sweden.
Oct 18, 2017 · A map below shows Swedish Empire (Stormaktstiden) in 1658 . The Swedish Empire’s territorial holdings included modern-day Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, parts of Norway, and significant areas in what is now Germany, Poland, and Russia.
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During the Swedish rule, this region was known as the "Swedish Bread Basket" because it supplied the larger part of the Swedish Kingdom with wheat. Riga was the second largest city in the Swedish Empire at the time.
