ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Scandinavia </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2003-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../periods.html"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtimelines.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on May 1st 2003, last revised on September 21st 2007 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Scandinavia </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tlscand.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1520 <BR> 1523 <BR> 1527 <BR> 1536 <BR> 1563-1570 <BR> 1611-1617 <BR> 1616 <BR> 1621 <BR> 1625-1629 <BR> 1630-1648 <BR><BR> 1643-1645 <BR> 1656-1660 <BR> 1658 <BR><BR> 1660 <BR> 1671 <BR> 1675-1679 <BR> 1699-1721 <BR> 1700 <BR> 1709 <BR> 1718 <BR> 1718-1772 <BR> 1721 <BR> 1743-1745 <BR> 1772 <BR> 1772 <BR> 1788-1790 <BR> 1788 <BR> 1792 <BR> 1807 <BR> 1808-1809 <BR><BR> 1809 <BR> 1815 <BR><BR> 1835 <BR> 1843 <BR> 1845 <BR> 1848 <BR> 1857 <BR> 1864 <BR> 1864 <BR> 1874 <BR> 1875-1924 <BR> 1884 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1914-1918 <BR> 1917 <BR> 1917 <BR> 1918 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1939-1940 <BR> 1940-1945 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1989-1992 <BR> 1995 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Stockholm Bloodbath <BR> Sweden Independent; Kalmar Union formally ended; Vasa Dynasty <BR> Sweden adopts Lutheranism <BR> Denmark adopts Lutheranism <BR> Dano-Swedish War <BR> Russo-Swedish War; Sweden gains Ingria, Kexholm <BR> Danish East India Company acquires Frederiksnagar (Bengal); Tranquebar in 1620 <BR> Sweden conquers Livonia, with Riga <BR> Danish attempt to lead Germany's Protestant Union in 30 Years War fails <BR> Sweden prominent power in 30 Years' War, gains Hither Pomerania, Wismar, Stift Bremen, <BR> Stift Verden <BR> Dano-Swedish War; Sweden gains Gotland, &Ouml;sel, Halland, J&auml;mtland <BR> First Northern War <BR> Dano-Swedish War; Sweden gains Scania, Blekinge, Bornholm, Stift Drontheim (Trondhjem), <BR> share in Sound Levy <BR> Denmark : Absolutism introduced; Denmark regains Bornholm, Sw. share in Sound Levy <BR> Denmark issues Edict of Toleration for Catholics (for Jews 1684, for Calvinists 1685 <BR> War Sweden vs Denmark, Brandenburg, Poland <BR> Great Northern War, Sweden vs Denmark, Saxony, Poland, the Empire, Russia <BR> Battle of Narva, Sw. victory over Russians <BR> Battle of Poltava, Russ. victory over Swedes <BR> Sw. King Charles XII shot during siege of Frederikshald (Norway) <BR> Treaty of Nystad; Sweden cedes Estonia, Livonia, E. Karelia to Russia <BR> Sweden : Era of Liberty <BR> Russo-Swedish War; Sweden cedes Western Karelia to Russia <BR> Coup by Gustavus III.; reintroduction of Absolutio\sm <BR> Denmark : Struensee Scandal <BR> Russo-Swedish War <BR> Anjala Conspiracy <BR> King Gustavus III. assassinated while attending masque ball at opera house <BR> British Naval Attack on Copenhagen <BR> Russo-Swedish War; Sweden cedes Finland to Russia; creation of Grand Duchy of Finland, <BR> including Karelia, in Dynastic Union with Russia <BR> French Marshal Bernadotte elected heir to the Swedish throne <BR> Vienna Congress creates Dynastic Union between Sweden and Norway; Sweden sells <BR> Sw. Pomerania to Prussia <BR> SF : Erik L&ouml;nnroth publishes Kalevala <BR> Iceland : Parliament (Althingi, abolished in 1800) reintroduced <BR> Denmark sells colonies in India to UK; sells those on Gold Coast in 1850 <BR> Denmark adapts Liberal Constitution, Cabinet System <BR> Denmark abolishes Sound Levy <BR> German-Danish War; Denmark cedes Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg to Prussia, Austria <BR> Sweden adapts Liberal Constitution, introduces Cabinet System <BR> Iceland : New Constitution, Political Autonomy <BR> Scandinavian Currency Union (DK, S, N) <BR> Norway introduces Parliamentarism, Cabinet System <BR> Norway, after Referendum, separates peacefully from Sweden <BR> Finland introduces Universal Suffrage (incl. Women); Norway follows 1913, Iceland 1915 <BR> World War I; Scandinavian countries remain neutral <BR> Finland declares Independence <BR> Finnish Civil War <BR> Denmark sells Danish West Indies (US Virgin Islands) to US <BR> After Plebiscite, Northern Schleswig reintegrated into Denmark <BR> Finland, after Winter War, cedes Eastern Karelia to USSR <BR> Denmark, Norway under German Occupation <BR> Iceland declares Independence <BR> Denmark, Norway founding members of NATO <BR> Denmark, Norway, Sweden founding members of EFTA <BR> Denmark leaves EFTA, joins EEC <BR> Swedish PM Olof Palme assassinated <BR> S : Policy to curb excessive expenses of Welfare State implemented <BR> Sweden, Finland join EC <BR> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> WHKMLA Country Page Sweden : <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xsweden.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xsweden.html</A> <BR> WHKMLA Country Page Denmark : <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xdenmark.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xdenmark.html</A> <BR> WHKMLA Country Page Norway : <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xnorway.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xnorway.html</A> <BR> WHKMLA Country Page Iceland : <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xiceland.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xiceland.html</A> <BR> WHKMLA Country Page Finland : <A HREF = "../../region/scandinavia/xfinland.html">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/scandinavia/xfinland.html</A> <BR><BR> <A NAME = "bib">Bibliography</A> <BR><BR> Franklin D. Scott, <B>Sweden : A Nation's History</B>, Univ. of Minnesota 1977; <B>KMLA Lib. Sign. 948.5 S425s</B> <BR> <B>Encyclopaedia Britannica</B>, 15th edition, Macropaedia : Sweden, Vol.28 pp.321-341; <B>KMLA Lib. Sign. R 032 B862n v.28</B> <BR> Fred Singleton, <B>Short History of Finland</B>, Cambridge UP 1998; <B>KMLA Lib.Sign. 948.97 S617a</B> <BR> Gunnar Karlsson, <B>The History of Iceland</B>, Univ. of Minnesota Press 2000, 384 pp.; <B>KMLA Lib. Sign. 949.12 K18h</B> <BR> Frank Noel Stagg, <B>East Norway and its Frontier</B>, London : George Allen & Unwin 1956 <B>[G]</B> <BR> Frank Noel Stagg, <B>West Norway and its Fjords</B>, London : George Allen & Unwin 1954 <B>[G]</B> <BR> Frank Noel Stagg, <B>The Heart of Norway</B>, London : George Allen & Unwin 1953 <B>[G]</B> <BR> Frank Noel Stagg, <B>North Norway, a History</B>, London : George Allen & Unwin 1952 <B>[G]</B> <BR><BR> Sten Carlsson, Jerker Rosen : Svensk Historia, Vol.1, (1962) 4th edition, Stockholm : Esselte 1981, Vol.2 3rd edition Stockholm : Esselte 1970 [G]<BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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