How Powerful was the Swedish Empire?

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2018
  • Born out of a bloodbath there came the country of Sweden and an empire would rise under Gustavus Adolphus. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Swedish empire.
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  • @Forgeries
    @Forgeries Před 5 lety +1311

    All European empires,
    1. Expand your empire
    2. Defeat everything around you
    3. Attack Russia
    4. Die
    5. Rinse and repeat

    • @F1rstWorldNomaD
      @F1rstWorldNomaD Před 5 lety +20

      this comment deserves more likes... its actually pretty spot on.

    • @f1n
      @f1n Před 5 lety +10

      BlueGallade475 expect uk they never did 3,4,5

    • @jeffrykristianto5125
      @jeffrykristianto5125 Před 5 lety +1

      @Corman *European Empire*

    • @pazta1337
      @pazta1337 Před 5 lety +40

      Sweden had won 4 wars against russia before their first ever loss (agaunst russia), it had only been ties (peace) and swedish victory

    • @orestisbe6978
      @orestisbe6978 Před 5 lety

      And what about Russia?

  • @ensvenskperson7661
    @ensvenskperson7661 Před 5 lety +2314

    Invade Russia they said...
    It would be fun, they said...

    • @ensvenskperson7661
      @ensvenskperson7661 Před 5 lety +88

      - Actually, it does. Larger armies can suffer defeats without entierly collapsing. Smaller armies have a harder time occupying places and garrisoning towns and forts. Smaller armies have a harder time fighting on multiple fronts.

    • @ensvenskperson7661
      @ensvenskperson7661 Před 5 lety +24

      - It was not 25,000, it was like 350 or so. And a single person isn’t an army.

    • @Dronning10
      @Dronning10 Před 5 lety +11

      no 259 sniper kills and around 250 kills with other weapons

    • @ensvenskperson7661
      @ensvenskperson7661 Před 5 lety +17

      Dronning10 Yeah... Simo really earned his title

    • @Dronning10
      @Dronning10 Před 5 lety +6

      ye 500+ kills is impressive

  • @haha-bh7rp
    @haha-bh7rp Před 4 lety +508

    Anyone: *going against sweden in 1700*
    Sweden: so you have choosen death

    • @mikemikkelsen5666
      @mikemikkelsen5666 Před 3 lety +8

      Denmark from 800 to 1600/800 years: You wanna play with the big guys??

    • @malteeri4374
      @malteeri4374 Před 2 lety +13

      @@mikemikkelsen5666 Sweden kicked denmarks arse in the great northern war so weak

    • @joonte1010
      @joonte1010 Před 2 lety

      @@mikemikkelsen5666 "Big guys"
      Sweden turned Denmark into a small c¥m stain, thanks for Skåne Halland,Blekinge,Bohuslän btw.

    • @Svitjodrus.
      @Svitjodrus. Před 2 lety

      @Абдульзефир 100 000 220 000 russians
      Died during the great Northern war idiot

  • @eldpost4-535
    @eldpost4-535 Před 4 lety +330

    Don’t cry because it’s over.
    Smile because it happened.
    ):

    • @discordadmin9796
      @discordadmin9796 Před 3 lety +13

      Cry because it'll never happen again...
      Or will it?

    • @Redguard677
      @Redguard677 Před 3 lety +5

      Conquering foreign lands... what is beautiful in it?

    • @coronavirusokboomer9537
      @coronavirusokboomer9537 Před 3 lety +12

      @@Redguard677 to see your nation rise again !

    • @Redguard677
      @Redguard677 Před 3 lety +1

      @@coronavirusokboomer9537 you do it on the costs of other people

    • @australium7374
      @australium7374 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Redguard677 well actually every nation did such Sweden was very lenient with their conquests as most peoples had rights like they had before

  • @lawrencer876
    @lawrencer876 Před 5 lety +1582

    nerf russian winter pls

    • @sighberian5463
      @sighberian5463 Před 5 lety +158

      They are, its called global warming patch 3.2. Check the update, maybe yours hasn't installed yet.

    • @magatmilan8925
      @magatmilan8925 Před 5 lety +28

      @Fabianinja Oh if you don't have the money, there's also a mod for it, it's called "CO2 emissions"

    • @viktorfant9182
      @viktorfant9182 Před 5 lety +12

      @operation r6 I just bought the dlc. And now I can finally beat Russia.

    • @Rex-mr8bw
      @Rex-mr8bw Před 5 lety +6

      I got my Update last week, But Mine is "Update 19.42 Soviets Winter" Is that the right one?

    • @gafeleon9032
      @gafeleon9032 Před 5 lety +8

      With the patches of the last centuries to army technology you can put tech points into logistics and you won't get climate penalties, it cost more though
      Also the before mentioned climate change patch to all climates, it has been nerfed, but agricultural products have received a sun damage penalty and although no big war has occurred that can prove it, it probably will make big campaigns like invading Russia more costly

  • @Imtotallydiggingthis
    @Imtotallydiggingthis Před 5 lety +170

    To say that Gustavus Adolphus refined infatry tactics is a serious understatement. He's the man who invented the foundations of how infantry would be used for a couple of centuries to come.
    As for Carolus Rex, he was a genius too, but overambitious. He should have taken up on Russias offer for peace.

    • @tex4096
      @tex4096 Před 5 lety +11

      Even if we captured russia we whouldent have the men to control it.

    • @fantamannen
      @fantamannen Před 4 lety +20

      @@tex4096 he didn't want to control it, he just wanted a better deal, he wanted to take more land from the russians, not take all of russia. that being said he should have taken the peace deal.

    • @rayzas4885
      @rayzas4885 Před rokem +3

      Charles was hardly a genius. Peter offered him peace and would give up all of his gains prior to the 1708 invasion had he'd just been given saint Petersburg and the land surrounding it. I understand Charles knew nothing but victory at that point, but he should've consolidated his gains and finished absorbing poland into his sphere of influence. He also didn't prepare for the great frost despite being swedish and living in one of the coldest countries on the planet.

    • @chadoftime8607
      @chadoftime8607 Před rokem +2

      Karl XII probably wasnt a Genius, but he was very rebellious and ambitious on his glorious Warlike Dreams. I think what made him interesting or seen as a genius, was his mistrust towards nobles at the court. Charles Father spent his life ridding Sweden from the corruption that the Nobles celebrated before him, so naturally his son would also inherit his fathers mistrust to the court.
      His father on the otherhand was the one who made Sweden strong and gave his son a chance to use it to defend Sweden. Alas Charles wanted more than just to defend his homeland.

    • @user-te9vx8bx8y
      @user-te9vx8bx8y Před rokem +7

      charles was a tactical genius in league with alexander in napoleon, self evident from narva, holowcsyn, the crossing at duna, and countless other impossible victories. let's also not forget the fact that russia "just keeping petersburg" would mean splitting the swedish empire even further (into 4 parts), not sustainable at all. plus you've just allowed your main rival into the baltic sea which would greatly, and I mean greatly, hamper your income and improve theirs. it was 1707, or never, when it comes to sweden v russia.

  • @totte8469
    @totte8469 Před 5 lety +647

    Fun fact:
    Christian II of Denmark is called Christian the Tyrant in swedish history books (which is what I learnt in school) but in denmark and their history books he is called "Christian the good one"

    • @TheFenderBass1
      @TheFenderBass1 Před 5 lety +28

      Never saw that in my history books. Only saw Christian II.

    • @reallyFrogman
      @reallyFrogman Před 5 lety +136

      Totte Fun fact:
      Denmark are red meat bastards who are full of shit.

    • @-RXB-
      @-RXB- Před 5 lety +48

      Kristian Tyrann

    • @Gurg1s
      @Gurg1s Před 5 lety +16

      Oooh you got triggered hard if you had to respond like that.

    • @chadlad5646
      @chadlad5646 Před 5 lety +27

      Jag minns Christian Tyrann i skolan

  • @Roriksteadhorsethief
    @Roriksteadhorsethief Před 5 lety +537

    Oh Well.... *loads up EU 4*

    • @hampuslundstrom9249
      @hampuslundstrom9249 Před 5 lety +10

      Lord Cringeton
      A few hours later you Revoke The Privilegia and eat the rest of the colonizing nations.

  • @kevinspee7013
    @kevinspee7013 Před 5 lety +623

    Fun fact about the Vasa battleship:
    The reason it sank was because the idiot designer forgot to account for the weight of the cannons

    • @reallyFrogman
      @reallyFrogman Před 5 lety +131

      The designer wasn't at fault, it was the king who ordered it to be too tall. On the Maiden voyage a gust of wind fucking tipped the ship so it sank.

    • @kevinspee7013
      @kevinspee7013 Před 5 lety +44

      Troupbomber
      combined circumstances

    • @lenny6997
      @lenny6997 Před 5 lety +53

      Seen it in real life... and it was fucking bound to sink. The water level only covered 2/5 of the height of the ship. It was WAY to tall and the water level was too low and the center of gravity was way up, a simple gust of wind made it tilt sideways.

    • @kevinspee7013
      @kevinspee7013 Před 5 lety +11

      Lenny
      I have seen it too, and I agree

    • @arve_siljenskold
      @arve_siljenskold Před 5 lety +73

      That is a common misconception! It was actually not the weight of the cannons, but rather the weight of the decks. They made them extra thick because they feared having so many cannons would break the deck floor. Calculations have been made of this and if they didn’t make all the decks extra thick the ship would be fine and would not sit too low in the water. Side wind would also not be a problem if they built Vasa’s decks with a normal deck thickness. So the reason it sank was not the ship being too tall, or having too many cannons. It was because the decks were too thick, making the ship sit way too low in the water and making it unstable (top heavy). I know this because I work with the museum and the wonderful team of people that preserves/maintains the ship. I hope you don’t take my reply in a bad way, I just wanted to shed some light on this misconception! Have a wonderful day :)

  • @camel4lyfe610
    @camel4lyfe610 Před 6 lety +1414

    The Russian winter is by far the greatest empire-killer

    • @flawlessbinary7449
      @flawlessbinary7449 Před 5 lety +66

      Afghanistan is too.

    • @l1mi13
      @l1mi13 Před 5 lety +13

      If the Americans didnt feed them with weapons to combat the russians the russians would problably still be there.

    • @saminfardin5334
      @saminfardin5334 Před 5 lety +44

      Unless you’re the Mongols or Kipchak Turks

    • @ryanwu5888
      @ryanwu5888 Před 5 lety +11

      Stefan no, although the American supplies and weapons did help, you have to keep in mind that at its peak, the Russians were able to even out produce the Americans. In tanks alone, the Russians had produced twice as many t-34 tanks than the American m4 Shermans.

    • @connorsimmonds9698
      @connorsimmonds9698 Před 5 lety +3

      Ryan Wu And that has nothing to do with the fact that russian tanks were shit and had no quality to them?

  • @gaevlebocken
    @gaevlebocken Před 5 lety +151

    I would argue that your pronounciation of ”Sten Sture” as ”sten stuuuuh” is a bigger massacre than that of king christians haha

  • @turtle-balloon
    @turtle-balloon Před 6 lety +757

    How powerful was the Swedish empire?
    Pretty powerful

    • @tcntad87
      @tcntad87 Před 5 lety +12

      We were atleast

    • @hevnervals
      @hevnervals Před 5 lety +81

      Extremely powerful considering Swedens tiny population at the time.

    • @sepi5784
      @sepi5784 Před 5 lety +51

      Thanks to finnish people.
      Sweden is big penis, and Finland is balls.
      But big penis is useless without balls.
      Now Sweden just swinging big penis and nothing happening, you know 💁
      You see how everything ia going like shit i Sweden today.
      "Refugees" and USE (eu) raping Sweden.

    • @tyskbulle
      @tyskbulle Před 5 lety +41

      You are right Sepi, why dont you come back to the motherland. And make Sweden great again. Ball and penis united.

    • @sepi5784
      @sepi5784 Před 5 lety +14

      tyskbulle
      Finland will not be used by Sweden anymore, 600 years were enought 😂
      But Sweden could surely be part of Finland 🤔👌

  • @Ragemuffn
    @Ragemuffn Před 5 lety +40

    Should've included the conquest of Skåne Halland Blekinge more prominently. Simply for how it was done. He marched from Poland in an ongoing war to claim Copenhagen and force Denmark to hand that land over.

  • @aandersson650
    @aandersson650 Před 5 lety +245

    Marching into russian winter before it was cool

    • @eliasnordlund5915
      @eliasnordlund5915 Před 5 lety +12

      Yet, no one learned from the once befor

    • @DarDarBinks1986
      @DarDarBinks1986 Před 5 lety

      The Mongols say hello. Temujin G. Khan managed to invade Russia in winter and WON.
      Real shame he didn't finish the job, though. If he had, America wouldn't have a Russian puppet in the White House right now because Russia wouldn't exist. We'd probably have Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, or Gary Johnson instead.

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Před 5 lety +3

      Sweden had done it before and been successful.

    • @the_astrokhan
      @the_astrokhan Před 5 lety

      A few adventurous nobles from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth did it. They actually thought it was fun. And it was cool too.

    • @_chew_
      @_chew_ Před 5 lety +1

      @@DarDarBinks1986 You'd still have Trump anyway. He's not a Russian puppet, he's a corporate puppet like all your presidents for the last several decades. Even if it wouldn't be him, it would be Clinton, who is also a corporate puppet. Sanders and Johnson never had a chance.

  • @SamIAmSXE
    @SamIAmSXE Před 6 lety +234

    Strong enough to defend its borders and dominate the Baltic Sea, but too weak for Karl Xii's ambitions.

    • @SamIAmSXE
      @SamIAmSXE Před 5 lety +14

      Macke boy Problem was we lacked the manpower. He depended on reinforcements from the rebelling Cossacks, but aiding them cost a lot more than he gained. Logistics, of course, is the bane of every failed invasion of Russia.

    • @Intedujag
      @Intedujag Před 5 lety

      maturity is to know when to apply restraint

    • @hellhouse1386
      @hellhouse1386 Před 5 lety +5

      Sweden had a chance to win, and that was when Russia wanted to stop the war, but Sweden went to attack mosscow, the war could have ended quickly, with sweden having it's powers left, it was the only problem which caused sweden to loose

    • @martinceder9301
      @martinceder9301 Před 5 lety +9

      As I understand it Charles XII did not start a single war. Every war he fought was inherited. So I guess hes ambitions was to end the wars in the most favorable way possible. As I see it the least you should expect from a leader.

    • @gerhard497
      @gerhard497 Před 4 lety

      @Alexander Brunnrgaard Charles XI is seen favorably in Estonia too, since he battled the local German nobility at the time to revoke serfdom and the special status they had. Funny enough, one of those nobles he pissed off brokered the alliance between Denmark, Saxony and Russia.

  • @AJMerrick
    @AJMerrick  Před 5 lety +200

    Thanks everyone for watching just to clarify the text at the end is a little misleading as Sweden lost Finland in 1809, hope this clears things up!

    • @andersnilsson4589
      @andersnilsson4589 Před 5 lety +2

      If I remember right Finland wanted to join Sweden again but was not allowed because the EU or NATO or something didn't want a "northern superpower".

    • @karhuwaari
      @karhuwaari Před 5 lety +16

      Finland gained it's independence back in 1917 so no, it wasn't because of EU or NATO as those things didn't even exist back then...

    • @granddukeofmecklenburg
      @granddukeofmecklenburg Před 5 lety

      Shoutout to my hanseatic bois

    • @NikedoParkie
      @NikedoParkie Před 5 lety +10

      Anders Nilsson You are talking about Åland, Swedish speaking island between the countries.

    • @andersnilsson4589
      @andersnilsson4589 Před 5 lety +1

      @nikedo aah, IT was Åland yeah. Wrong of me.

  • @miguelferreira4370
    @miguelferreira4370 Před 4 lety +13

    Swedish history seems pretty interresting! Love from portugal :)

  • @hernanhenriquez6778
    @hernanhenriquez6778 Před 5 lety +10

    Wow I just went 3 days ago to the vasa sunken ship museum in Stockholm... not only the ship is amazing but the way they pulled it out of the water outstanding a feat of engeneering unbeliable

  • @m00rtin4
    @m00rtin4 Před 5 lety +303

    no one can win a war when u are 3vs1. still, sweden swiped denmark and poland-lithuania with saxony before getting killed of by russia in the long run. good video. except the ending text. sweden didnt lose finland "a few years later" after 1721. finland was a part of sweden until 1809. sweden was in a union with norway 1814 until 1905. between 1721 and 1809 - sweden was mostly trying to regain their former status but inner political struggels made it hard to really adapt after it empire fell 1721. they did try to retake lost territories in mid 1700s but failed misarably getting crushed to russia yet again. on the other hand, sweden hasent been in a war since 1814-when a swedish army marched into norway and forced a union with them. so peace for 200+years is something good after all.

    • @kostam.1113
      @kostam.1113 Před 5 lety +9

      Aggbala Time to march into Norway and Finland again.
      Make Sweden great again.
      Oh wait...

    • @kostam.1113
      @kostam.1113 Před 5 lety +17

      Anthony Gadway It all depends on circumstances, Israel was very organised and motivated unlike it's neighbors.

    • @fuckingawesomehaahr
      @fuckingawesomehaahr Před 5 lety +7

      Napoleon disagrees.

    • @TheRacoonGhost
      @TheRacoonGhost Před 5 lety +17

      the issu is that Carl, rather than force a peace after crushing denmark poland an russia, went on to take moscow. if they had accepted the peace they would have still been the largest and potentially most powerfull nation in europe. also the southern european nations wanted Carl to come down and mediate their disputes if only he sued for peace first so the potential to massivly affect european politics for dacades forward was lost becouse he was to hotheaded. id wager that if he hadn't continued to push his luck we would have a united Scandinavian Nation now that probably would be one of the worlds top 10 economies.

    • @Fankas2000
      @Fankas2000 Před 5 lety +7

      Had he not went after Poland-Lithuania (who din't even want to fight him) and just focused on Russia, then Sweden would very likely still be a minor power today.

  • @moondancer3157
    @moondancer3157 Před 6 lety +13

    I have never commented before on your channel so I figure it's about time I tell you how much I appreciate your videos! I have watched them all, most more than once♥️☮️

    • @AJMerrick
      @AJMerrick  Před 6 lety +2

      Thank you for watching 😊 that means a lot ✌️

  • @caroline7648
    @caroline7648 Před 6 lety +31

    Why does this have so few views the effort you put into these videos is amazing

  • @AncientHistoryGuy
    @AncientHistoryGuy Před 6 lety +4

    Been meaning to learn more about this time frame. Awesome Video! :)

    • @Chefmaks
      @Chefmaks Před 5 lety

      buy EU4 :p

    • @TheRacoonGhost
      @TheRacoonGhost Před 5 lety +1

      watch extra credits videoseries of the great northen war

  • @sdmemez_backup1838
    @sdmemez_backup1838 Před 3 lety +6

    “How powerful was you empire?”
    Sweden: YES

  • @alfredenglund
    @alfredenglund Před 5 lety +2

    i love ur series, everything you say is true and i've never heard any bs in your vids, keep it up man. a true source of information

    • @AJMerrick
      @AJMerrick  Před 5 lety

      DankZkittles thanks you there were some inaccuracies in our Portuguese video in all honesty, but we are remaking that video :) there will be a trailer soon showing all the empires we are covering

  • @soulless4255
    @soulless4255 Před 5 lety +59

    How powerful was IKEA when Ingmar I of IKEA was alive please!

    • @kyrgyzjeff4550
      @kyrgyzjeff4550 Před 5 lety +8

      Max Gustavus Adolphus is the founder of IKEA go back to school dude!!!

    • @zippofeldman1734
      @zippofeldman1734 Před 5 lety +2

      Kyrgyz Jeff Omg you noob, Lenin was the founder of IKEA 🤦‍♂️

    • @jappheadlmao4765
      @jappheadlmao4765 Před 5 lety +3

      Yall are twats Barack obama was the founder of ikea

    • @HansenSWE
      @HansenSWE Před 4 lety +5

      IKEA is the one and true God and has always existed. On the second day, he created caves and saw that it was good, and said ;, 'I shall fill this void with useful and genius stuff!'

  • @clarkcolt45
    @clarkcolt45 Před 5 lety +6

    As a Swede living in Sweden, I think you are correct

  • @thanksforthe57subs66
    @thanksforthe57subs66 Před 5 lety

    Found this in my suggested videos, awesome video!

  • @eshuut9049
    @eshuut9049 Před 6 lety +2

    Great video!

    • @AJMerrick
      @AJMerrick  Před 6 lety +1

      Mr. Eshuut Thank you more coming soon

  • @KiryuZer0
    @KiryuZer0 Před 5 lety +81

    If history tought us anything: STAY AWAY FROM RUSSINA WINTER

    • @user-fx7pe6zy1x
      @user-fx7pe6zy1x Před 5 lety +12

      Sweden is also a Northern country.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před 5 lety +2

      KiryuZer0
      Unless your the Mongols.

    • @joeknow3712
      @joeknow3712 Před 5 lety +2

      You do realise sweeden is in the Arctic circle right? There winter just as bad.

    • @johan.ohgren
      @johan.ohgren Před 5 lety +7

      Joe Know Actually, the siberian winter is worse. Scandinavian countries has the Gulf stream to warm it up.

    • @joeknow3712
      @joeknow3712 Před 5 lety +6

      Johan Öhgren The Swedish invasion did not take place in Siberia. Moscow is in European Russia.

  • @linusbirgersson
    @linusbirgersson Před 5 lety +1007

    Sweden: let's conquer Russia!
    ...then the winter came...
    Napoleon: let's conquer Russia!
    ...then the winter came...
    Nazi Germany: let's conquer Russia!
    ...then the winter came...
    USA: let's beat Russia!
    ...to be continued

    • @simonandersson7067
      @simonandersson7067 Před 5 lety +182

      I know it's a joke and all that, but I don't think it's a fair comparison. First of, Sweden had won many wars against Russia prior to the attack, and had been very succesfull.
      Second of all, Napoleon actually won over Russia at first, but failed the second time.
      Third of, it was hardly the winter who ultimetly stopped the germans, but the russian war insustry. Also, the germans crushed the russians in the first world war.
      Thirdly, the US has already won over russia in the cold war.

    • @enqrbit
      @enqrbit Před 5 lety +14

      Mr. Tree Actually it wasn't winter for the Swedes (and finns) it was Autumn I think

    • @linusbirgersson
      @linusbirgersson Před 5 lety +39

      What I wrote was a joke, but if I'd be realistic it was like this: sweden handled the winter but didnt have the manpower when Russia used their true force. Napoleon lost almost half his army and supplies before he reached Moscow, so the winter clearly defeated the french army. The Germans handled the winter quite good I think, but they couldnt beat the russian mass-production of trash tanks. But it was still hard to win for the nazis due to the winter

    • @linusbirgersson
      @linusbirgersson Před 5 lety +10

      Suomalainen solitas sweden fought russia in all kinds of seasons

    • @ryanwu5888
      @ryanwu5888 Před 5 lety +12

      Actually it was autumn who stopped the Germans. The rainy season that happened during the fall of 1941 had bogged down much of the german army, slowing their advance to Moscow. It wasn’t until winter actually, when the german offensive started to move again, but by that time it was already too late with stalin already starting to reform his command and with Moscow completely fortified. Although, the thing is that it wasn’t the weather that actually beat the Germans but rather the Russian industry.

  • @kanelpeppar
    @kanelpeppar Před 5 lety

    great video man

  • @saamkapadia
    @saamkapadia Před 5 lety +1

    Quality content good sir!

  • @MegaWunna
    @MegaWunna Před 5 lety +49

    Charles XII was a military genius he only lost a single battle due to being considered unfit for the battle after he broke his leg. He gave the lead over the army to of his generals that couldn't agree on things and that ended in desaster.

    • @fanbuoy9234
      @fanbuoy9234 Před 5 lety +17

      He didn't break his leg, he had been shot in the foot. Quite nastily so, from what I've heard (musket ball going in through the heel and ending up around the toes)...

    • @reallyFrogman
      @reallyFrogman Před 5 lety +3

      Hannah Hägg He was shot in the foot

    • @Nimroc
      @Nimroc Před 5 lety +14

      I doubt he would have won that battle even if he was commanding it personally.
      He had lost half of the army before that battle even started by having it march through Ukraine in the coldest winter in 500 years.

    • @RANDOMNAME-kj1zv
      @RANDOMNAME-kj1zv Před 5 lety +4

      Truth be told, that wasn’t the entire reason. It was simply a case of massive over-extension - the army was far too small to continue on pushing and perhaps if Charles just sat back and waited out the winter and restocked on supplies and tried to get a larger army, the Swedish Empire would have not ended so quickly.

    • @buffoonustroglodytus4688
      @buffoonustroglodytus4688 Před 5 lety +4

      Nimroc Oh they probably would have won the battle had charles been in command that day, as the swedish army came very close to winning the battle. What really lost the battle was the swedish commander, Rehnskiöld, being too rigid and careful, ordering the infantry to pull back when they were just outside the russian camps ready to storm them. The tsar himself even said that at that moment he had lost hope in victory and had already ordered several regiments to retreat. But when the swedish infantry retreated and the army literally did nothing for 2 hours(!) it gave the russian time to regroup and launch a counteroffensive which annihilated the swedish troops. Charles had always been a very keen tactician and he often improvised based on the current situation at hand. Had he been in command then there's little doubt in my mind that the swedes would have achieved victory on that day.

  • @nixxel2278
    @nixxel2278 Před 6 lety +28

    Nice video.
    As always.

    • @AJMerrick
      @AJMerrick  Před 6 lety

      Nixxel Thank you 😊 I will try and upload more often

  • @pazta1337
    @pazta1337 Před 5 lety +16

    Truly one of the greatest empires ever! You forgot to mention the 4 wars sweden won against russia, and the ones the settled in peace, you only mention the one time they lost.

    • @pazta1337
      @pazta1337 Před 2 lety

      @Абдульзефир yeah really

  • @Le-cp9tr
    @Le-cp9tr Před 5 lety +9

    (Cue Carolus Rex playing in the background)

  • @sebziez
    @sebziez Před 5 lety +4

    Im so happy that you Did this i feel great being swedish!

    • @icee_2160
      @icee_2160 Před 3 lety

      When you hear about Queen Kristina... i hate her

  • @turtles3808
    @turtles3808 Před 5 lety +14

    Strong enough to defend against 4 countries.

  • @frli4797
    @frli4797 Před 5 lety +1

    The clip actually explains this way better than most history textbooks and teachers we had in school.
    Or I’m really old and forgot most of why I learned in school.

  • @a.e.m.1452
    @a.e.m.1452 Před 5 lety

    Wow, just found your channel, you make great videos for having such a small channel, here, have a sub. 😀

  • @carpetclimber4027
    @carpetclimber4027 Před 5 lety +67

    Sweden lost Finland in 1809, that's more than a few years after 1721. Sweden lost that war because the king then was incompetent. He sent no reinforcements to aid the small army in Finland, being paranoid about the Danes, despite the promise from the Dutch and British navy to keep status quo, since they didn't want neither nation to hold both sides of the strait into the Baltic Sea.

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Před 5 lety +11

      Ehm, the French had an army stationed in northern Germany waiting to be shipped over to invade south Sweden.
      That is why Sweden had to divide its army in two.
      The commander of that army was none other than a certain Bernadotte.

    • @sebastiantiainen2749
      @sebastiantiainen2749 Před 5 lety +6

      Carpet Climber the Swedes list Finland from 1714-1721 resulting in the so called "isoviha" which in turn fucked Finland so bad that it took decades for Finland to recover population and economy vise.
      And Swedes weren't ready for the war of 1808-1809, supplies weren't sent to Finland to not provocate Russia and supplies and reinforcements couldn't be sent to Finland because Bothnia (Bottenhavet) was frozen and even sending a message to Sweden took weeks because you had to go through the Torne valley. And Sweden was at war with those bloody Danes and French (and spanish). Oh and Sweden/Finland was massively outnumbered, but hey, at least we got "Fänrik Ståls sägner" out of the ordeal

    • @carpetclimber4027
      @carpetclimber4027 Před 5 lety +3

      I have to look up the information about French troops. Still, England and the Dutch sealed the ocean, but sure, they weren't trustworthy.
      And Finland suffering from exploitation? Welcome to the renaissance, that was the norm, even though Swedish kings exploited Finland slightly more. You think Finns would've liked it more having a Russian king? Their people were owned by their aristocracy. Swedish and Finnish peasants had it fairly well, when the norm was total shit. But yes, this era was madness. Tons of Swedish and Finnish peope died in tons of wars, for hundreds of years.

    • @wilmersfilmersentertainmen7454
      @wilmersfilmersentertainmen7454 Před 5 lety +2

      sweden lost finland also by the traitor cronstedt

    • @zemon5399
      @zemon5399 Před 5 lety

      1809 lmao, you know that finland is just over 100 years old right

  • @MrNattkreatur
    @MrNattkreatur Před 5 lety +4

    Good video! Great that you included Russias "surrender" to Sweden. Which Charles ultimately ignored(his biggest mistake).

  • @riko_z9962
    @riko_z9962 Před 5 lety

    You deserve more subs and likes

  • @Jemme07
    @Jemme07 Před 5 lety +5

    4:10 i've seen that ship irl in a museum

  • @Niom_Music
    @Niom_Music Před 5 lety +121

    Sweden, Norway and Denmark should form a Union. I've got the perfect name for it, too. The Northern Realms!
    Props if you got the reference! :)

    • @maxandersson4786
      @maxandersson4786 Před 5 lety +36

      That is a bad idea. What would be a good idea is that Norway and Denmark should submit to their rightful overlords, the swedes : D

    • @Niom_Music
      @Niom_Music Před 5 lety +6

      Max Andersson
      Papa Bless you Max. But a Union would suffice...
      For now ;)

    • @BirdBastard
      @BirdBastard Před 5 lety +5

      Max Andersson what about finland?

    • @Memerlis69420
      @Memerlis69420 Před 5 lety +2

      Max Andersson Denmark Will crush You

    • @protonjinx
      @protonjinx Před 5 lety +11

      DUUUUDE... Its... "The North", how could you miss that? Btw, it should include also Iceland, Greenland (if they wish), Åland, Finland and possibly Estonia.

  • @logge6952
    @logge6952 Před 5 lety +362

    Make Sweden Great Again!

    • @donkeykong5401
      @donkeykong5401 Před 5 lety +5

      F! 2018

    • @User-xw5mk
      @User-xw5mk Před 5 lety +10

      Make Sweden Backwards Again!

    • @ishouldgetalif3
      @ishouldgetalif3 Před 5 lety +9

      NÄ LAGOM HET DE JU!

    • @virding232
      @virding232 Před 5 lety +15

      Make Sweden an Authoritarian Monarchy Again!

    • @TheRacoonGhost
      @TheRacoonGhost Před 5 lety +19

      suck det ända SD kommer lyckas med är att göra Sverige svagare, i en allt mer globaliserad värld är inte solitäritet och motstånd mot internationella samarbeten bra för vare sig ekonomin eller välfärden. Sverige som det lilla land det är är helt enkelt beroende av internationella samarbeten. något SD helst ser att vi lämnar, SD2018 skulle helt enkelt bli en Politisk, Ekonomisk och Social Katastrof. (och detta helt utan att ta upp deras auktoritära tendenser eller den uppenbara rasism som genomsyrar partiet från ledningen till gräsrötterna, något som borde diskvalificera dem som alternativ oavsett)

  • @tiittuud1178
    @tiittuud1178 Před 5 lety +2

    This is so good!
    Please do one of Estonian history! A whole nation would be hyped and thankful. We still talk in our history how Swedes where so wise and just sovereigns. And celebrate 100th birthday since our first republic where established also! And maybe you will find it interesting ;)
    Write me if you need help finding info about it.

  • @kalzonenu
    @kalzonenu Před 4 lety

    Good video but you should include Ronneby slaughter aswell 👍

  • @TheBestOfSweden
    @TheBestOfSweden Před 4 lety +6

    If Sweden won the Great Nordic war, they could have been the most powerful nation in Europe, and, maybe even in the world.

  • @galaxianknightoftheearth2285

    Hello from Norway!

  • @andersenar2166
    @andersenar2166 Před 5 lety +11

    fun fact about the vasa ship,it can curently be found at the vasa museum and the guys there decided to try out the the thicnes of the walls to se how effective they whoud be in real combat so they made a replecia of the walls took them out into the forest and shoot it with a medival canon...the canon ball whent trough the wall and tok down a tree with it so the ship probobly woud not have all that good in real combat.

    • @anter176
      @anter176 Před 4 lety +1

      Was that not the test with where they had a replica of the cannons Vasa had to see if they could be used to sink a enemy ship?

  • @eliasfrahat7074
    @eliasfrahat7074 Před 6 lety +626

    More powerful than today Sweden

    • @biggbals4375
      @biggbals4375 Před 5 lety +153

      Sweden is a pussy nation today. I can say this cuz I am swedish living in Sweden.

    • @bubban5651
      @bubban5651 Před 5 lety +120

      no we're not really a pussy nation, yes we didnät fight in any of the world wars. But that later helped us become the powerful economy we are today. think of it this way: we didn't fight in the war but we helped our neighbours with fighting men and supplies (especially finland) and after the war when every european power needed to rebuild sweden was the nation with a lot of natural resources such as iron that we then sold off to for example france and germany. so thanks to sweden being neutral we've built a nation of wealth and freedom. so will you please stop with that childish way of saying it.

    • @l1mi13
      @l1mi13 Před 5 lety +78

      What are you even talking about, the whole world know we are a humanitarian superpower. You need to get a education.

    • @goranperssonfanaccount1956
      @goranperssonfanaccount1956 Před 5 lety +72

      biggbals so what do you suggest we do? Invade russia again? Reinstate absolute monarchy? The only reason you think sweden is such a ”pussy country” today is because you have nothing else to complain about, unlike swedes in the 17th century who had to worry about starving do death and dying of a cold

    • @wael4070
      @wael4070 Před 5 lety +32

      Doesn't make a lot of sense it's like saying Roman Empire is more powerful than modern day Italy

  • @swesolhd2326
    @swesolhd2326 Před 5 lety +4

    How to invade Sweden
    1. Don’t invade when they have a teenager on the throne.

    • @baldkevindurant
      @baldkevindurant Před 5 lety +2

      Because when you attack Sweden with a teen on the throne, they use cheat codes to become an amazing commander.

  • @Guraniloth
    @Guraniloth Před 5 lety +4

    Next few years from 1721? No no, we lost Finland to the Russians in 1809 around the same time the King was deposed. That was one of the last wars we were involved in and have since then been at a continuous peace for over 200 years. More than can be said for many of the other European empires and great powers.

  • @mariobros6358
    @mariobros6358 Před 4 lety +3

    Who also thought this was a alternate history hub vid?

  • @martinan22
    @martinan22 Před 5 lety

    Very good analysis.
    Personally I would speculate that Gustav Vasa and men like him gained traction with Hanseatic money and hanseatic mercenaries. The trading empire playing divide and rule against Denmark that was the only one strong enough to challenge them.

  • @jhoshuamarasigan986
    @jhoshuamarasigan986 Před 4 lety +3

    Did you know that theres already a 2nd Swedish Empire?
    Its in youtube

  • @andro7862
    @andro7862 Před 5 lety +7

    If Sweden ever kicks Denmark in their teeth again, they'll have my full support.

  • @quietcorner293
    @quietcorner293 Před 4 lety +2

    If you're ever in Stockholm, definitely check out the Vasa Museum!

  • @TheWolfwiththeDragon
    @TheWolfwiththeDragon Před 5 lety

    I wanna mention that the Vasa ship looks nothing like that. Bit weird that you chose that picture as there is A LOT of artworks of it and even TV shows.

  • @JG-wt5yh
    @JG-wt5yh Před 5 lety +3

    Sverige i mitt hjärta🇸🇪

  • @ASPthespeedyboy
    @ASPthespeedyboy Před 5 lety +3

    1611 - 1718
    Stormaktstiden (largepowertime)

  • @snowzfortnite
    @snowzfortnite Před 2 lety

    Any who are wondering why the Vasa sank: The ship cannon holes were to low down in the ship. When the ship wanted to do some kind of ceremony for it being built, then opened the cannon holes and water flooded in killing a few people. You can still visit the Vasa museum in Stockholm.

  • @TheWorldInsider
    @TheWorldInsider Před 4 lety +1

    Gustavus’s paintings make him look like a medieval bad luck Brian

  • @zorrpan7744
    @zorrpan7744 Před 4 lety +7

    Vi har djungelvrål så vi är typ 99% ostoppbara.

  • @ishouldgetalif3
    @ishouldgetalif3 Před 5 lety +5

    Ruina Imperii. stormakts tid till ända ;_;

    • @MartinBlyberg
      @MartinBlyberg Před 4 lety +1

      Fänder, bröder. Vår stormaktstid är över. Vårt rike blöder. Fanan står i brand.

  • @KungKras
    @KungKras Před 5 lety

    Where is the picture at 8:08 from?

  • @MrZiko-nf9hx
    @MrZiko-nf9hx Před 5 lety +2

    4:05 you can see the ship at "vasa museet" in stockholm.

  • @zorro4054
    @zorro4054 Před 5 lety +3

    Poltava :c

  • @alksi1
    @alksi1 Před 4 lety +6

    Imagine being a Finn in midst of all this.

  • @solinvictus2132
    @solinvictus2132 Před 5 lety

    Ive seen the vasa in the museum in Stockholm, pretty impressive

  • @ancientwarrior3482
    @ancientwarrior3482 Před 4 lety +1

    Finland: *exists*
    Bulgaria and Estonia: I LOVE YOU
    Austria, Poland, Russia and Turkey: *sweats nervously*

  • @djd8e8edjdj
    @djd8e8edjdj Před 5 lety +13

    1701:Swedish Empire
    2101:Sultanate of Swedistan

  • @CallMeThyme
    @CallMeThyme Před 5 lety +3

    Im from norway !!!!

  • @ErzengelDesLichtes
    @ErzengelDesLichtes Před 4 lety +2

    5:50 Has that artist ever seen a horse? Those eyes creep me out!

  • @mcgoldenblade4765
    @mcgoldenblade4765 Před 5 lety

    Sabaton already taught me all this stuff with Carolus Rex

  • @Mr3freddy
    @Mr3freddy Před 5 lety +6

    We are coming for you Finland and Norway! Time to return to the fold. /Love Sweden

    • @sebastiantiainen2749
      @sebastiantiainen2749 Před 5 lety

      Mr3freddy don't try it

    • @Kissanminttu2
      @Kissanminttu2 Před 5 lety

      You are not first to claim us Finns back. One russian reporter close to Putin said than Helsinki is part of Russian empire 😆😨.

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 Před 5 lety

      Finland and Norway were Sweden's bitches. Swedes need to take them seriously.

    • @theboss7948
      @theboss7948 Před 5 lety +4

      Sweden mars in to Finland...
      Gun shot..
      Sweden run back to mama

    • @Svarte_Vidder_Og_Sult
      @Svarte_Vidder_Og_Sult Před 4 lety +1

      When they came to Norway they failed to succsessfully siege the fort in Oslo, Halden and Trondheim. They tried to siege the fortress in halden 4 times but all of them failed. It was even personally lead by King Carl XII. Guess what, he died there. And when the swedish troops went back over the mountains from Trondheim. 4k swedish soldiers froze to death. Thank god for the peace treaty that stopped the war and made Norway an equal country with sweden. otherwise we would see a long lasting and bloody conflict.

  • @anderskorsback4104
    @anderskorsback4104 Před 5 lety +6

    Powerful, yes, but fragile too. The Swedish Empire was only made possible by a fortunate string of very competent kings, and a society that was about as militaristic as North Korea, allowing it to punch far above its weight. Even then, it only took one defeat to bring the whole thing down. Poltava undid every victory won by Sweden until then. Sweden's enemies were able to recover and come back for more. The original Carolean army had trained for years before the war, and accumulated years worth of veterancy over the course of the war. Once it was gone, there was no replacing it.
    Poltava wasn't inevitable - the Carolean army had won victories far more outnumbered in the past. A combination of unfortunate circumstances caused Poltava to turn out the way it did. However, when all it takes for you to lose the war is one event like that, chances are that sooner or later you'll be unlucky.

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Před 5 lety +2

      Fortunate? Throughout the entire great power period Sweden was extremely unlucky...

    • @anderskorsback4104
      @anderskorsback4104 Před 5 lety

      How so?

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Před 5 lety +2

      A few samples:
      -Sweden capturing Moscow but slow travel made it so the Poles could make their candidate Tzar.
      -"Allies" abandoning the battlefield
      -Vasa sinking
      -Kings horse too fast, king dies.
      -Queen turns catholic.
      -King dies young.
      -Ship explodes spontaneously
      -Enemy capitol under siege, gets help from other forces
      -King dies young.
      -Royal caste (with archive) burnt down
      -Random encounters stopping needed support
      -Coldest winter in the century
      -Shot in the foot days before decisive battle
      -Allies capture enemy king, but release him

    • @anderskorsback4104
      @anderskorsback4104 Před 5 lety

      Do pray tell, Merecir.

    • @AttilaKattila
      @AttilaKattila Před 5 lety

      Arius Krieg
      Dunno if you can see his reply but he did.

  • @felizmanofeliz1183
    @felizmanofeliz1183 Před 3 lety

    This is the reason I cry everyday at night

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 5 lety +2

    4:27 I guess the instruction for the assembly were unclear.

  • @jivanjovan
    @jivanjovan Před 5 lety +18

    Knock knock... It's the Russian winter!

    • @joeknow3712
      @joeknow3712 Před 5 lety

      Zivan _ ethos this meme is getting old. The Russia invasion went trough Poland Ukraine and Belarus, Not very "Russian", and btw, Sweeden and Finland are in the Arctic circle, I think they could handle some Ukrainian snow.

    • @jivanjovan
      @jivanjovan Před 5 lety +1

      @@joeknow3712 ok but they lost half of their army during the winter

  • @erikgranqvist3680
    @erikgranqvist3680 Před 5 lety +4

    Gustav Vasa was largley what we would call a tyrant today. He was, though, idolized for a long time. It is in the last 30 years or so that our view of the man has changed as historians has done some serious cleaning in the old nation romantic attic.

    • @______________________4068
      @______________________4068 Před 5 lety +6

      He was not a tyrant. He liberated the country, put the nobility and people in check. He also laid the fundations for the empire.

    • @erikgranqvist3680
      @erikgranqvist3680 Před 5 lety +6

      ___________ ___________ it is a fact that Gustav Vasa was competent and did some good things. But it is also a fact that it was very dangerous to be close to him, and that he surpressed people who didnt agree in a very harsh manner. The fact that a person does something good does not mean that he is allways good. A good deed does not nullify a bad deed.

    • @______________________4068
      @______________________4068 Před 5 lety +3

      At the same time he lived in a time where he could not afford the slightest corruption or treason, for had he allowed it not only would it destroy the nation from within but it would be surely not be overlooked by Denmark. He was a tyrant because he had to be a tyrant. This also ended up serving the people well, but the nobility was never safe.

    • @smolensk83
      @smolensk83 Před 5 lety +4

      Its because we swedes are not allowed to be proud of anything anymore. Part of the aenda to destroy us.

    • @icantcomeupwithagoodusername
      @icantcomeupwithagoodusername Před 5 lety +2

      Or maybe it is becuse he was actually a tyrant becuse history is often glorified and in reality most people have done bad things
      You fucking moron since modern politics has horseshit to do with history

  • @ribs1234
    @ribs1234 Před 5 lety

    8:13 *The yellow is a body and a arm and the blue part is a glove, the dark blue part is a paintball gun*

  • @AulisA.O.T
    @AulisA.O.T Před 2 lety +1

    3:20 Estonia: ow!
    8:53 again: OW!

  • @kennethjansson8743
    @kennethjansson8743 Před 5 lety +32

    and look att Sweden now...

    • @isaks7042
      @isaks7042 Před 5 lety +20

      One of the best countries in the world to live in!

    • @virding232
      @virding232 Před 5 lety +23

      Eh, not really. It's quite bad actually.

    • @isaks7042
      @isaks7042 Před 5 lety +15

      Marcionite Reactionary Look at the HDI of Sweden. The schools are good compared to most of the world. Its a stable society, low corruption, the road system is the best in the world. Low crime rate. Almost 5 times less murders in sweden than in USA. Good economy, much exports and the people are very tolerant.

    • @virding232
      @virding232 Před 5 lety +13

      Bah, HDI is bogus, it doesn't have an impact on the actual happiness of people. But, sure, the crime rate is low. Also, being tolerant isn't a good thing. There are certain things that shouldn't be tolerated.

    • @isaks7042
      @isaks7042 Před 5 lety +6

      Why you say tolerance is bad? Why is it good for people to be intolerant? Would you be happy if everyone was intolerant against you?

  • @gammkrab
    @gammkrab Před 5 lety +4

    Never march against russia...

    • @gammkrab
      @gammkrab Před 5 lety

      Yes he was a boy king who had taste of victory tring to eat of the land. Point is when ppl marsch into russia they usually die from starvation or cold, reinforcment that never come.

    • @ryanwu5888
      @ryanwu5888 Před 5 lety

      Don’t fight the Russians unless its over economic ideology.

    • @Merecir
      @Merecir Před 5 lety +1

      Why not? Sweden had done it before and been successful.

    • @aegonii8471
      @aegonii8471 Před 5 lety

      The Swedish could've marched through Finland and taken Moscow.

    • @ZOMBIEo07
      @ZOMBIEo07 Před 5 lety

      Everyone who talks about their nation being destroyed when it invaded Russia: "B-B-But the winter...."

  • @tighnarix3229
    @tighnarix3229 Před 5 lety +2

    They declared Sweden as an independent kingdom in 1521 but Gustav Vasa/Erikson was coronated as king of Sweden in 1523

  • @pontushaggstrom6261
    @pontushaggstrom6261 Před 5 lety +4

    when you cant get a picture of the
    real vasa

  • @josephstalin8337
    @josephstalin8337 Před 6 lety +21

    Poor Sweden

  • @Egobyte83
    @Egobyte83 Před 5 lety +3

    We should've known when to quit, use the classic swedish mentality of taking everything in moderation and settle for getting our territories back. But nooo, Carolus Rex just HAD to invade Russia, didn't he? .....

  • @popelite9926
    @popelite9926 Před 4 lety

    I can quote so many sabaton's songs related to this video....

  • @saxo9266
    @saxo9266 Před 4 lety

    Music at start: Black wolf's inn

  • @alexp.2897
    @alexp.2897 Před 5 lety +3

    It is much easier to say we lost to nature, than admit when Russia mopped the floor with you...

    • @TurtleGamers1
      @TurtleGamers1 Před 5 lety +3

      Half of the army was lost to the winter. I think it's safe to say that we lost to nature.

    • @TurtleGamers1
      @TurtleGamers1 Před 5 lety

      +Mr. Al RURIKIDS FOREVER

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 Před 5 lety

      I'm sorry but what about WW2? Are going to say the weather defeated Germany?

    • @Ashtonlegoguy
      @Ashtonlegoguy Před 5 lety

      @@andro7862 winter of 41-42 and the soviet manpower saved them.

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 Před 5 lety

      @@Ashtonlegoguy Generals like Rokossovsky and Vatutin, stronger industrial output, good tanks. I'm saying winter wasn't the deciding factory. P.S. Germany outnumbered the Red Army in 1941.

  • @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296

    Propably Hakkapelitas (Finnish divisions of the Swedish army) were making most of the proggress

  • @hippsthehippo9804
    @hippsthehippo9804 Před 4 lety +2

    *PewDiePie has entered chat*
    *101 million people have entered chat*

  • @arnoldtabor3767
    @arnoldtabor3767 Před 5 lety

    I was expecting small sabaton clips

  • @topgun787
    @topgun787 Před 5 lety +5

    We are still strong!

  • @hiukas.
    @hiukas. Před 5 lety +12

    THE PEWDIEPIE EMPIRE!

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Před 5 lety

    Will this mention Kjellberg or IKEA, if so then it will be a lot.

  • @nej4674
    @nej4674 Před 5 lety +2

    in one of the wars Germany was terrified of sweden and called the Gustav vasa the lion from the north. If the kids in germany were disobedient then their parents said that the lion from the north would come and take them