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3 days ago · This list records the monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day. Sweden has continuously been a monarchy since the country's consolidation in the Viking Age and early Middle Ages, for over a thousand years. [1] The incumbent royal dynasty of Sweden is the House of Bernadotte, established on the throne in 1818.
1 day ago · Charles XIV John. Charles XIV John ( Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John ( Norwegian: Karl III Johan) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name was Jean ...
2 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · Oscar I, detail from an oil painting by Sophia Adlersparre, 1847; in Krageholm Castle, Sweden. (more) The pressure of the opposition, however, at last forced the king to yield, and the 1840 parliament, in which the liberal opposition had attained a majority, forced through the “departmental reform,” which meant that the ministers actually ...
5 days ago · Sweden, country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. It occupies the greater part of the peninsula, which it shares with Norway. The land slopes gently from the high mountains along the Norwegian frontier eastward to the Baltic Sea. Sweden’s capital and largest city is Stockholm.
3 days ago · Norway - Fjords, Vikings, Arctic: Haakon’s successor was Magnus VII Eriksson, the young son of his daughter, Ingebjørg, and Duke Erik, son of Magnus I of Sweden. The child was also elected to the Swedish crown in 1319, creating a personal union between the two countries that lasted until 1355.
5 days ago · Eight Canadian soldiers who fought in the Second World War are buried in Kviberg cemetery in Gothenburg, Sweden. One of the deceased is Warrant Officer Donald Watson, whose family lived in...
