The Age of Liberty (Swedish: Frihetstiden) is the half century long period of parliamentarianism and increasing civil rights in Sweden, beginning with Charles XII's death in 1718 and ending with Gustav III's self-coup in 1772. The shift of power from the Monarch to the Parliament was a direct effect of the disastrous Great Northern War.
Suffrage under the parliamentary government of the Age of Liberty was not universal. Although the taxed peasantry was represented in the Parliament, their influence was disproportionately small while commoners without taxed property had no suffrage at all.
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