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Seizing power from the government in a coup d'état, called the Swedish Revolution, in 1772, that ended the Age of Liberty, he initiated a campaign to restore a measure of royal autocracy.
Gustav III (born Jan. 24, 1746, Stockholm, Swed.—died March 29, 1792, Stockholm) was the king of Sweden (1771–92), who reasserted the royal power over the Riksdag (parliament). Gustav, the eldest son of King Adolf Fredrik, was an intelligent and cultured advocate of the Enlightenment.
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3 days ago · In 1772 he used the royal guard and officers of the Finnish army to seize control of the government from the parliament in a bloodless coup d’état. Gustav tried to exploit the Vasa and Carolingian traditions of personal royal power.
Dec 17, 2023 · Gustav III had been king for 1,5 years when he staged his coup. On August 19, 1772, he struck and used the military to overpower and arrest the leading men behind the former political system. The coup was bloodless and over in an hour, but it secured Gustav III's power.
Mar 5, 2018 · King Gustav III was shot by Jacob Johan Anckarström on 16 March 1792, at a masked ball at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. It later transpired that Anckarström was part of a group of conspirators who had decided to assassinate 'the tyrant'.
Dec 12, 2003 · Gustav III set himself the task of making Sweden great again. He was assassinated in March 1792 – the third Swedish monarch in 160 years to die of gunshot wounds – with his life’s work still less than half completed.
The history of Sweden from 1772 to 1809 is better known as the Gustavian era of Kings Gustav III and Gustav IV, as well as the reign of King Charles XIII of Sweden.
