Swedish Kingdom
Kingdom of Sweden’s History The first people that moved into Sweden around 9000 B. ... During the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron age, the Swedish people’s living conditions improved. ... The Swedish Vikings werent as savage as one may think. Swedish Vikings were traders and they primarily went to the eastern countries, such as Russia. ... In the beginning of the 11th century, the Swedish Kingdom was established, though without some of the southern and western parts, which belonged to Denmark and Norway, and the northern parts, which were too far away to be reached by the King’s power. ... Sweden was Christianized, primarily because of the baptizing of the Swedish king, Olov Skötkonung. An attempt to establish a Scandinavian union between Sweden, Denmark, and Norway was made in 1397, but it only brought several fights for power between the Danish and Swedish kings. In 1520, the Swedish king was killed and the Danish king seized power. He showed his power by executing several Swedish aristocrats in "the blood bath of Stockholm". ... They managed to get the Danish king out of Sweden and in 1523 Gustav Vasa became the Swedish king. ... During the 16th century the Swedish church was reformed and broke away from Catholicism. Gustav Vasa also made the Bible be translated into Swedish. ... It was the “Swedish Great Power Period” and Sweden gained and lost land in Norway, Germany, Finland, and as far away as Russia.