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General Knowledge :: HISTORICAL EVENTS BY COUNTRY :: SWEDEN
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Sweden |
| About 50 BC |
Swedish tribes began
trading with the Roman Empire. |
| AD 829 |
Saint Ansgar introduced
Christianity in Sweden. |
| About 800s-1000s |
Swedish Vikings
established colonies in other countries, especially Russia and countries
of eastern Europe, and established trade routes. |
| 1397 |
The Union of Kalmar
united Sweden with Denmark and Norway under Margaret I. |
| 1523 |
Sweden became independent
under King Gustav I, who later established Lutheranism as the state
religion. |
| 1660 |
Sweden expanded to its
greatest extent, gaining control of the Danish territories around
Göteborg and Malmö, as well as parts of Norway. |
| 1709 |
Peter the Great of Russia
defeated Swedish forces at the Battle of Poltava. Swedish power in
Europe soon declined. |
| 1720 |
A new constitution
granted many of the crown's powers to the Riksdag, beginning the "Age of
Liberty." Royal power was not reestablished until 1772. |
| 1809 |
Sweden lost Finland to
Russia during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| 1814 |
Sweden gained control of
Norway from Denmark. |
| 1867 |
Alfred Nobel invented
dynamite, which helped speed the growth of the mining industry and
Sweden's development as an industrial nation. |
| 1867-1886 |
Nearly half a million
Swedes emigrated to America because of food and job shortages. |
| 1901 |
Sweden introduced
workers' compensation insurance and other social-welfare legislation in
response to its strong trade union movement. |
| 1905 |
Norway broke away from
Sweden and was recognized as an independent nation. |
| 1913 |
Sweden adopted an old-age
pension fund for workers, adding to one of the world's most
comprehensive welfare schemes. |
| 1914-1918 |
Sweden remained neutral
during World War I. |
| 1939-1945 |
Sweden was again neutral
during World War II. |
| 1946 |
Sweden joined the United
Nations, but retained its policy of neutrality. |
| 1959 |
Sweden and six other
nations formed the European Free Trade Association. |
| 1960s |
Sweden enjoyed strong
economic growth and became one of the world's most prosperous nations. |
| 1986 |
Prime Minister Olof Palme
was assassinated in Stockholm. |
| 1990s |
Faced with soaring costs,
Sweden implemented tax reforms and a reduction of its comprehensive
welfare system. |
| 1995 |
Sweden became a member of
the European Union. |
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