Related Events
- 1523 - Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden, marking the end of the Kalmar Union.
- 1654 - Charles X of Sweden succeeds his cousin Christina to the Swedish throne after her abdication.
- 1809 - Sweden promulgates a new Instrument of Government, which restores political power to the Riksdag of the Estates.
- 1857 - Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway.
- 1974 - A new Instrument of Government is promulgated, making Sweden a constitutional monarchy, with parliamentarism officially inscribed into the Constitution.
The events of 1523 and 1809 are generally regarded as the most important; the first reestablishing Sweden as an independent country after the Kalmar union, the other establishing an Instrument of Government that was used until the 1970s.
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