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May 10, 2024 · Its eponymous hero, Gustav III, promoted Enlightenment values and presided over a flourishing of the arts. In the 20 years prior to being shot at a masked ball in 1792 – a calamity immortalised in Verdi’s opera Un Ballo in Maschera – the king was keen to make Stockholm the ‘Paris of the North’.
1 day ago · The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790, also known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, was part of a series of conflicts between Russia and Sweden. The war stemmed from the ambitions of Swedish King Gustav III to reclaim territories lost to Russia and to bolster his own political power at home by uniting the nobility around a foreign military ...
17 hours ago · 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 .
May 24, 2024 · Johan Romin. June 16, 2023. Read full story. The next article will be about Philippa of England, married to the Swedish-Danish-Norwegian king Eric of Pomerania. Here is a list of the Swedish Queens: Helvig av Holstein (appr. 1260–1324), m. to Magnus Ladulås. Märta (appr. 1277–1341), m. to Birger Magnusson.
2 days ago · Monarchy of Sweden. The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden, [3] by law a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. [4] There have been kings in what now is the Kingdom of Sweden for more than a millennium. Originally an elective monarchy, it became a hereditary monarchy in the 16th ...
3 days ago · Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. Religion. Lutheran (1626–1654) Catholic (1654–1689) Signature. Christina ( Swedish: Kristina; 18 December [ O.S. 8 December] 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa, and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.
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2 days ago · Gustav Mahler (born July 7, 1860, Kaliště, Bohemia, Austrian Empire—died May 18, 1911, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian Jewish composer and conductor, noted for his 10 symphonies and various songs with orchestra, which drew together many different strands of Romanticism. Although his music was largely ignored for 50 years after his death ...
