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Important Swedish people, dates and events
The Vikings
The Black Death "Svartedauen" sweeps Sweden
Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway
WW2 - Sweden declares its neutrality

The Vikings were prolific seafaring warriors from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The early Danish timeline reflects the history of the Vikings

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793

 

Swedish Vikings first raid in England. The monastery of St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne is sacked

844

 

Vikings raid Seville in Spain

845

 

Vikings, led by Ragnor, travel up the River Seine in France

845

 

The French King pays a ransom to prevent the sacking of Paris

860

 

Vikings attack Constantinople

862

 

Vikings found Novgorod in Russia

874

 

Vikings settle Iceland

900

 

Vikings raid the Mediterranean coasts

911

 

Vikings under Rollo are settled in Normandy

981

 

Erik the Red discovers Greenland

986

 

Vikings land in Canada

965

 

Harald Bluetooth (King Harold I) converts the Danes to Christianity

1000

 

Greenland and Iceland are converted to Christianity by the Vikings

1001

 

Leif Eriksson reaches the American coast

1050

 

Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center.

1350

 

The Bubonic Plague (the Black Death) "Svartedauen" sweeps Sweden and Scandinavia killing one third of the inhabitants

1397

 

Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power

1523

 

King Gustav I of Sweden re-establishes separation of the Swedish Crown from the union. The Vasa Dynasty lasts from 1523 - 1654

1611

 

1611-1718 Sweden becomes a great power

1654

 

1654 - 1720 Wittelsbach Dynasty (Pfalzisks)

1632

 

Queen Christina rules Sweden from 1632 - 1654

1720

 

1720 - 1751 Brabant Dynasty (Hessen)

1751

 

1751 - 1818 Holsten-Gottorp Dynasty

1814

 

Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden

1818

 

1818 - Present Day: The Bernadotte Swedish Dynasty

1901

 

Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist and industrialist, initiates the Nobel prize awards

1905

 

The union with Sweden disintegrates and Norway becomes an independent kingdom

1914

 

1914-1918:  World War I

1939

 

1939 - 1945 World War 2

1939

 

Sweden declares its neutrality - Sweden remains neutral but rejects a request from Germany to use its territory as a transit route for German troops

1940

 

Sweden is forced to allow German troops to march through Sweden to Norway

1945

 

August 1945: The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1945

 

Germany surrenders to the Allies.

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