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converted most of the area into
Lutheran faith. The Swedish law and the Swedish structure of local administration were used in the area which does not seem to have had any prior written legal tradition. Nowadays the county is divided between Finnish regions of
472:(1675–1679). According to the peace treaties the provinces were to retain its old laws and privileges, and was initially administered as a dominion. A gradual process of incorporation was successfully concluded in 1721.
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renounced all claims to the
Swedish throne and Livonia was formally ceded to Sweden. Swedish Livonia represents the southern part of present-day Estonia and the northern part of present-day
634:. However the treaty of Kiel never came into force: instead sovereignty of Western Pomerania passed to Kingdom of Prussia, which already held the eastern parts and merged them into the
664:. The loan defaulted in 1903, but Sweden rescinded its right to regain control of the German exclave and thereby nominally received its present territorial constitution.
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with the surrounding countryside in the Peace of
Westphalia (1648). In 1803 Wismar was pawned, in exchange for a loan, and control was handed over to
94:"No one, who is not living inside the separate and old borders of Sweden and Finland, have anything to say at Riksdags and other meetings..."
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fell under
Swedish control in the late 1620s. For the nearly hundred years that followed, Riga was the second largest city in the
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744:
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and weak military presence in the region, the protectorate fell in 1657 and
Lithuania was once again reincorporated into the
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lost their foothold in the Baltic provinces. Territorially it represented the northern part of present-day
Estonia.
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Between 1561 and 1629 Sweden made conquests in the
Eastern Baltic. All of them were lost in accordance with the
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768:
683:
495:
197:
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428:, were ceded to Russia in 1721 by the Treaty of Nystad. The other territories remained part of Sweden.
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Swedish possessions in 1658. The year in parentheses is the year the possession was given up or lost.
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69:, but within certain limits retained their own established political systems, essentially their
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agreed on the final terms of the partition of the duchy, with Sweden keeping the western part (
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53:("Swedish possessions") were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish
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192:. During the 17th century, Lutheran persecution of Orthodox Christianity and an influx of
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719:
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243:. A century later Russia reconquered the area, providing an opportunity for
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placed itself under
Swedish rule in 1561 to receive protection against
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282:
590:. In 1720 the southern parts of Swedish Pomerania with the town of
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in 1944, nearly all the
Estonian Swedes fled to Sweden proper.
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484:, the Swedish kings in their roles as princes and dukes, or
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251:, in 1703. The area was then formally ceded in 1721 by the
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for centuries after Sweden lost control of it. After the
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in the latter and then successfully defended in the
558:By the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 Sweden received
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739:. CUP Archive. pp. 408 Swedish dominions.
61:. This generally meant that they were ruled by
622:was ceded to Denmark, which in exchange ceded
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700:
81:. The dominions had no representation in the
570:was under Swedish control already since the
368:. However, following Sweden's defeat at the
247:to lay the foundations of his new capital,
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762:
614:. In 1814 the remainder, with the town of
715:The Swedish Imperial Experience 1560–1718
57:, but never became fully integrated with
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143:The area was significantly populated by
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20:
711:
356:with the Swedish Empire and became its
16:Territories under the control of Sweden
906:
732:
701:Huntley Hayes, Carlton Joseph (1953).
184:on the Western and Northern shores of
757:
505:
500:dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
196:Finns from neighbouring province of
656:Sweden received the German town of
524:in 1648 assigned to Sweden the two
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13:
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925:
679:Political unions involving Sweden
180:was a sparsely inhabited part of
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626:to the king of Sweden under the
374:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
304:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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684:List of wars involving Sweden
544:in the peace treaty of 1719.
107:in 1721, which concluded the
90:1634 Instrument of Government
562:, situated along the German
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540:. All of them were ceded to
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610:. The capital was moved to
424:, islands off the coast of
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436:By the peace treaties of
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576:Treaty of Stettin (1653)
572:Treaty of Stettin (1630)
494:took part in the German
161:re-occupation of Estonia
448:expanded to the south.
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302:was conquered from the
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239:in 1617, following the
883:Swedish Levant Company
873:Swedish Africa Company
388:(1645), following the
320:Polish-Lithuanian king
42:
34:
888:Swedish South Company
704:Modern Europe to 1870
689:Possessions of Sweden
636:Province of Pomerania
482:German principalities
476:Continental Dominions
88:as stipulated by the
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630:, which followed on
498:from 1648 until the
420:to Sweden. Ă–sel and
51:Svenska besittningar
914:Dominions of Sweden
866:Chartered companies
804:Dominions of Sweden
674:Provinces of Sweden
594:and the islands of
522:Peace of Westphalia
386:Treaty of Brömsebro
350:Lithuanian nobility
346:Second Northern War
211:Republic of Karelia
190:Orthodox Christians
47:Dominions of Sweden
857:Swedish Gold Coast
618:and the island of
608:Great Northern War
604:Kingdom of Prussia
602:were ceded to the
568:Duchy of Pomerania
480:Through its minor
360:in 1655 with King
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237:Treaty of Stolbovo
109:Great Northern War
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640:Union with Sweden
584:Western Pomerania
566:coast. The whole
560:Swedish Pomerania
554:Swedish Pomerania
518:Thirty Years' War
506:Bremen and Verden
492:Holy Roman Empire
370:Battle of Prostki
340:Swedish Lithuania
235:to Sweden in the
173:County of Kexholm
63:Governors-General
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836:Saint Barthélemy
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708:
606:, following the
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406:Idre & Särna
362:Charles X Gustav
253:Treaty of Nystad
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209:and the Russian
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470:Scanian War
444:(1658) the
344:During the
241:Ingrian War
186:Lake Ladoga
841:Guadeloupe
831:New Sweden
695:References
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564:Baltic Sea
526:bishoprics
402:Härjedalen
366:Grand Duke
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616:Stralsund
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502:in 1806.
490:, of the
438:Brömsebro
352:signed a
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330:region).
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450:Blekinge
442:Roskilde
398:Jämtland
281:, after
273:city of
194:Lutheran
149:the area
33:of 1658.
592:Stettin
588:Stettin
542:Hanover
534:exclave
466:Denmark
458:Halland
426:Estonia
414:Halland
410:Gotland
384:By the
328:Vidzeme
300:Livonia
289:Livonia
233:Karelia
198:Savonia
182:Karelia
178:Kexholm
167:Kexholm
136:as the
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83:Swedish
75:Finland
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