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The History of Sweden, History of the Swedish Empire
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Sweden, Enlarged Edition: The Nation's History ~ Franklin D. Scott
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Sweden, Enlarged Edition: The Nation's History ~ Franklin D. Scott
"A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden 1611 to 1721"
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nationalinterest.org/blog/swe...
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Thanks!
Griff
How pewdiepie built his empire
You considered doing the Ottoman Empire?
There are so many videos on it already! Not sure what way I'd be able to cover it in an original way.
Griff
The Armchair Historian V O S A
You got a bunch of things wrong Charles X was the warrior king of Europe and Charles XII died during a siege in Norway
Europa Universalis 4 country colours are pretty much default for any historical maps at this point...
why is this so true
You should get a scholarship my guy, you're a genius!
Well of course!
They should be
Except Scotland. EUIV's Scotland colours are attrocious
Legoland vs ikea
Roblox2025 yeah right
@Benosoar HAHAHHAHAHHA
Today you can buy lego at IKEA.
we got skåne from legoland that was nice
on the subject of Chales XI one shouldn't overlook that he completed a massive military reform that created the Swedish allotment system (Swedish: indelningsverket) a system that allowed for Sweden to have a professional army that was economically maintained in peacetime. The Allotment system that supplied the troops for the so called "Carolean Army" is one of the main reasons as to why sweden held out in the Great Northern War for 21 years, instead of the war just being a short invasion and rape of Sweden. The allotment system didn't only create a professional army for sweden, it also enabeled the swedish army to be roughly twice the size per capita of comparative european armies at the time, as well as being able to assemble and stand ready to march in about half the time as comparative european armies at the time.
I totally agree. While Charles XII was a great general (king not so much) his father was the one who created the Swedish war machine that he later commanded. I also found the border-line ignoring of Charles X pretty confounding considering his victories against Denmark which gave Sweden its southern borders (which are relatively unchanged to this day). I see why he would focus on Gustav II Adolf and Charles XII but there was other kings in between that played an important role.
Anton Broström you went crazy with those Roman numerals I am pretty sure it’s Charles the 12th not 22nd
We really breezed through his reign, something we regret.
Griff
Into battle facing the fire
Lord thy will be done
Into battle walk in a line
See the whites in their eyes! Caroleans are marching on!
Put their lives in God's hands
For their Kingdom and Fatherland!
Yeah, it was pretty much the same thing that happened to Frederick II: His father made the military reforms and raised his son in a military setting, and his son used that new military to make his conquests.
Goes to show that great militaries need two lifetimes to become legendary
Really underselling the ability and victories of Charles XII here. The man absolutely thrashed far bigger enemy armies time and again. He was the greatest Swedish king since Gustavus Adolphus himself. His eventual defeat doesn't change that.
Agreed, the video just kinda dismisses him as this inexperienced child that caused the Swedish Empire to collapse. Try fighting a war at the age of 18 on three fronts against some of the most powerful countries in the world. The entire population of the Swedish Empire in 1700 was roughly 2.5 million and Russia had 14-16 million. You then also need to add in the populations of Poland-Lithuania (20,000) and Denmark-Norway (no exact date around 1700 but had a population of 13,150,00 in 1645, likely even higher than this). All together, Sweden had roughly 2.5 million against the combined strength of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Poland-Lithuania with ROUGHLY 15,151,500.
After you look at these figures, it makes you wonder how Sweden won any victories at all and endured the 21 years of war it did.
He was a fool. He knew how to win a battle but that was all he cared for. His successes led him to leave all political reason behind and go on an adventure trip across Europe instead of capitalizing on them and come to an advantageous peace. He was brave and a great leader in battle but unfit to rule a country.
It's pointless to look at the odds and marvel in the glory of his battles. They all amounted to less than nothing for Sweden.
I understand why he is so popular and has metal songs about him. Big battles are for boys. Politics are for men.
@@catriona_drummond a great general, but not nearly as great a king
*Broken Dreams So Grand*
*Sing of His Final Stand*
*Long Live Carolus*
*Brought by Soldiers Hand*
*Back to The Fatherland*
*Long live Carolus Rex!*
He also called Karl X Gustav incompetent???
Sweden didn't lose a square metre to the Danes in the great northern war, nor have I ever heard a Swedish historian ever call Charles X and XI incompetent
What about Christina I?
Respect wamen
Christian Englert Christina wasn’t a very popular person at the time and calling her incompetent, though a bit of a stretch, isn’t necessarily untrue. She however did abdicate fairly quickly so she wasn’t around very long.
@@avisavem6088 yes she has a very interesting life story too
Very strange indeed considering we gained very fertile and density populated land from the danes in this time.
*I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN!*
*SAY MY NAME WHEN YOU PRAY*
*TO THE SKIES*
*SEE CAROLUS RISE*
WITH THE LORD MY PROTECTOR
The Province of Francia Swedish version is superior
Direino Molerino Kripperino I Know. But I can't sing the Swedish Version without butchering the language
I was wondering how far I'd have to go to see a Sabaton reference.
@@felix3436 *Suggesting that any English speaker is bilingual*
I find it annoying that in 6:50 Charles XII is shown to be shot in the chest, when he was legendarily shot in the head.
I believe he was in a Trench during a Siege as well.
Sckoux Da Sckoux he was and that’s how he got shot in the head but it’s not known if it was Norwegians who shot him or his own men
it was probably a Norwegian/dane
superpybro1 very probably but that knowledge is lost to history
I thought it was a siege in the Balkans where he got shot, can't remember the name of the siege but it was near Finland I believe.
Wouldn't call Karl X Gustav (Charles X in english) incompetent, he conquered Skåne (Scania) from Denmark, a region that is still to this day Swedish, our southern parts.
thank you! if gustavus is praised solely for his military genius then shouldn't charles x be praised for his military feats?
+ blekinge, bohuslän
Karl X Gustav was far from incompetent. In only five and a half years he achieved more than the other warrior kings combined.
Carl X Gustav (in this video being called incompetent) took control of Warsaw for a short period, walked with his army over the ice (twice) in Denmark and gained Scania/Skåne (south region of Sweden today). The Swedish empire have never been bigger than during this time. In my opinion he is a very underrated king. And he did all that in 6 years.
@Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Yes, Sigismund (the grandson of Gustav Vasa) was ousted in a rebellion led by his uncle and Gustavus Adolphus' father, Charles IX, in large part due to Sigismund being a catholic.
Yeah there was a battle between Sigismund and his uncle Charles 9th /Karl 9th
Wait what? That last part. Completely wrong.
Despite the crushing defeat at Poltava, Sweden managed to muster new, green recruits and push off the attacking Danes, succesfully defending Scania and keeping it under Swedish rule. All this while the whole Swedish army was in ruins.
Im a basic norwegian person, when I see a video about Sweden, I automatically dislike.
Jokes on you, we love our brothers and sisters in Sweden. ❤️
Yay tack för det!🇸🇪🇳🇴
norskefan :D:D:D
Norway is the pubes for our cock shaped country.Without Norway, Sweden looks like an adolescent dick instead of a manly dick.Finland is... grabbed by the balls.
vi älskar er med!
@@EcchiBANZAII-desu denmark is just a cumstain tho
Make Sweden lagom again
Make Sweden an absolute monarchism again.
@@Hassenboy *Monarchy. No one want's Knugen as a ruler ^^
Haha
1111 0 make sweden Swedish again
Sara skyttedal
So much EUIV and Mount and Blade sfx.
Still waiting for Bannerlord.
Don't worry, your great grandchildren will be able to tell you about it when it releases.
you have napoleonic war anyway
Napoleon I Bonaparte Release is expected between 2019 and 2020
Bannerlord when
*A R T I L L E R Y O N L Y*
Charles the 12th actually died while inspecting the trenches at the siege of fredrikshalm and he was shot in the head
If he was shot by his own men somone would have noticed. Thats my problem with that theord, that and that most newer resarch point to him being shot by the fortress.
Wikipedia has no part in history.
@@PokePresto I was in the frontline during a siege. In other words, in a middle of battle. There were several witnesses but no one saw where the shot came from.
Shot in the foot
I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN
SAY MY NAME WHEN YOU PRAY
With the Lord my protector
@Jesper Rolleman TO THE SKIES SEE CAROLUS RISE
TO THE SKIES
0:11 You hear a Partisan in Mount and Blade. You sense a trap. You ready your weapon and prepare for an ambush...
Chechen Republic he said “every one retreat “
“Всем отступать» «Vsem otstupat’”
You overlooked Charles the 11th really much. It was due to his military reforms that sweden in the great northern war were so successful leading up til poltava despite them being outnumbered in every battle. Sweden basically dominated the battles until they got defeated at poltava.
And no the swedish empire did not decline because europeans adapted sweden tactics. (they obviously did, but that isnt why the empire fell) The great northern war is the reason why the swedish empire fell. Up until poltava sweden was at its strongest.
And since you disregard the reforms issued by Charles the 11th and the military tactics used during the great northern war by Charles the 12th its easy to miss that swedish tactics during this time were not like other european nations. Sure they all used line infantry, but sweden unlike many other nations fought higly aggressively and also fought very fast. I actually wrote a scientific essay on this topic if you are interested.
Otherwise pretty good video. (I am swedish so I learned alot of the swedish empire in school and on my freetime thats why I am nitpicking)
People also tend to overlook the fact that Charles XII didn't command everything himself, Sweden did have some pretty experienced generals too at that time.
Nimroc
That is true. Even though the king took the heavy decisions as he became more experienced. (he also is said to be the last king to fight in the frontlines)
Good Presentation, but its ok to call them by their real names "Karl" No need to panter to non swedes that cant prounounce swedish
MudgateBronn
I write everything else in English I find it more fitting with Charles. (better flow when reading). IDK why but my brain hurts when I quickly mix english with swedish words in the middle of a sentence. So I dont pander, I do this all the time even when referring to my friends in english I proununce it with an english accent and the same with my own name I cant pronounce Matthias in english so I call myself Matthew.
Jag skulle dock säga att det var en stagnation under de tidiga åren av Karl XI, där adeln hade börjat få mer makt över landets politik. Och detta blev tydlig under inledandet av skånska kriget med Danmark. Fast då var det Karl XI och ingen annan som räddade Sverige genom hans militära kapacitet. Så inte bara räddade han Sverige, han reformerade militären efter till att bli en av Europas starkaste, som även efter hans död behöll sin dominans. Det är synd att han blir så underminerad.
Im Swedish and it's a pleasure to see videos of our old empire.
Fun fact:
During the later stage of the Great Northern War, thousands of swedish soldier surrendered and were held in Russian POW camps until the war ended. After the defeats at Poltava and Perevolochna there were about 20,000-25,000 Swedes that capitulated Individual surrenders were uncommon, usually a large unit surrendered all its men. Most of them were put to work in Ukraine, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Another large group was moved into Siberia and Ural, where they start to work in mining under command of Vasily Tatishchev.
About 8,000 Swedes joined the Russian Army to survive, so Peter I put them in Astrakhan Garrison and on Ural Cossack Line to protect Russian land against Kazakhs and Kirgizian raiders, where they joined the military expeditions of Bekovich-Cherkassky to Khiva, Swedes quickly turned into Eastern Orthodox Christians and got under linguistic assimilation with the local Russians. So, many Russians have Swedish roots both from Rus vikings and from later encounters.
Another fun fact:
After Poltava a couple of hundred swedish soldiers deserted and ended up in Hungary and by that time Hungary was in a war that was called ''Rákóczi's War of Independence'', it was a part of the '' Spanish Succession'' most of these Swedish soldiers conscripted as mercenaries. So In 1710 Rákóczi admitted the Swedes into the demoralized Kuruc army. The Hungarian-Polish-Swedish-French army was close to victory against the Austrians in the Battle of Romhány, but the last of Rákóczi's forces was crushed in the course of a Austrian counterattack.
Yeah you mean Palatine Zweibrücken or Holstein-Gottorp?
not just a fun fact but a great fact! LOL
@@octodaddy4494 he means Bavaria.
Anthony De La Garza Thanks =)
martin o sullivan Why? They lost and fought again.
Didn't know I wanted this but I'm glad this video exist
Edit: watched the video an it was great, thank you
Thanks!
A time of religion and war,
Legends tell the tale of a lion
This beast in the shape of a man
With a dream to rule sea and land
And all those who stand in his way,
Die by God and victorious arms
With the righteous that follows him south,
Once more set ashore to war
Legends have taught, battles fought,
This lion has no fear at heart
Lion come forth, come from the north,
Come from the north
Gustavus Adolphus
Libera et impera!
Acerbus et ingens
Augusta per augusta!
A storm over Europe unleashed,
Dawn of war, a trail of destruction
The power of Rome won't prevail,
See the Catholics shiver and shake
The future of warfare unveiled,
Showed the way that we still walk today
Der Löwe aus Mitternacht comes,
Once more he is here for war
Stories of old, truth unfold,
Control over Europe he holds
Freedom he'll bring,
Lion and king, lion and king
Gustavus Adolphus
Libera et impera!
Acerbus et ingens
Augusta per augusta!
Gustavus Adolphus go forth, libera, impera!
(Gustavus Adolphus
Libera et impera!)
Acerbus et ingens, go forth, libera, impera!
(Acerbus et ingens
Augusta per augusta!)
Mighty eagle rule alone
Liberator claim the throne
Lion from the northern land
Take the scepter from its hand
Mighty eagle rule alone
Liberator claim the throne
Lion from the northern land
Take the scepter from its hand
Oh, you lion from the north,
(Mighty eagle rule alone
Liberator claim the throne)
Oh, you lion from the north
(Lion from the northern land
Take the scepter from its hand)
Mighty eagle rule alone
Liberator claim the throne
Lion from the northern land
Take the scepter from its hand
Legends have taught, battles fought,
This lion has no fear at heart
Lion come forth, come from the north,
Come from the north
Gustavus Adolphus
Libera et impera!
Acerbus et ingens
Augusta per augusta!
Gustavus Adolphus go forth, libera, impera!
Acerbus et ingens, go forth, libera, impera!
A man of culture, I see.
Thanks I always wanted to know more about the Swedish Empire after watching the Great Northern War in extra history.
0:18 That wilhelm scream
Anderson.
Haha thought I imagined that
3:42 That redrawing of the famous painting in Griffins style is absolutely gorgeous
Such a great channel,i will and i am recomending you to everyone i know!Continue making more!
At 0:21 I can only hear "Kasta juice!" which means "Throw juice!" and it's making me crack up
That's not swedish, that's some sort of inbred spider-tongue.
the eu iv sound effects are so satisfying...
I would really enjoy seeing a remastered version of this video! :)
Again, so interesting. Thank you for making these videos!
This history was not taught in US schools when I went back in the 60's & 70's. Thanks for the info.
Dennis Whiter and it's still not taught. Class of 2012.
bbonner422 I envy you. Already a history major. What kind of job are you doing for after college ?
@@kstreet7438 To be fair, history is massive. A line has to be drawn somewhere. History is poorly taught in most US education systems but the lack of Swedish history isn’t a part of that.
This is one of the most intriguing empires to me. I don’t know why, it just is.
Thank you for making this video!
Thank you, great video as always.
I think you skipped over Carolus Rex a bit too quickly. He did a lot of winning before he lost at Polatava.
A nicely informative video. Love the animation. Nice job guy.
Leve Carolus Rex🇸🇪
I love these classic videos.
they may not be as high quality as the new ones, but theres a style to it that i find a little more likeable, in my opinion.
5:10 gj giving the successors derpy eyes. lmao...
The way Charles the 12:th, dies, according to your drawing, is historically inaccurate. Hej didn't diet while fighting, he died in a trench because he was shot in the head, either by a norwegian soldier or a swede, tiered of war.
Probably by a Norwegian, the whole shot by a swede thing is not sustained by the evidence. It is pure speculation.
@@perperson199 Well its fucking impossible for a Norwegian soldier to hit him PERFECTLY in the head in the middle of the night from a distance more than 200 meters.
+Haradrim That's because they weren't aiming for him. They were firing grapeshot artillery just at the Swedish Lines in general and one shot happened to hit Charles XII
Nicely done!
Some comments: 5:07 Charles the X won the Second Northern War which was a big deal since it kind of crushed the Danes 6:23 The Great Northern War: It also included Denmark from the start (even if they withdraw early) 7:08 The lost territories in Germany was to other German states (and not Denmark) 1:10 The Kalmar union can be seen as a Scandinavian/Nordic union that became too much danish for the Swedes
*Sabaton refference*
Yes
But we all forget Gustavus Adolfus (libera et impera), and just make Carolus Rex jokes
*WILHELMUS VAN NASSAA.....*
Oh wrong video...
*DU GAMLA DU FRIAAAA....*
I wish my channel became an empire... Great work with the videos man! Keep it up!
Very good video!
Sweden could've kept the Empire together if they only used artillery
I can't escape these comments anywhere I go
This is so sad. Can we reforge our empire now?
Not without Finland. Sweden's military is suffering from a decisive lack of "perkele" these days :D
If rome can't come back, i don't see why sweden could.
Max Andersson Not when we're in the process of handing it over to the muslims ;)
Love the videos
You kinda skipped over the fact that "Queen" Kristina, the daughter of King Gustav II, abdicated and became a catholic and fled to Italy were she became a saint, here some of us see her as a traitor
Plus no one knows who killed King Karl XII, he was shot in the head while entrenched by the fort of Halden in 1718, theories are that swedish generals or soldiers shot him because they were tired of the war, and the man didn't spend much of his time as a ruler of Sweden in the country
Your channel is slowly becoming the EUIV explanation channel.
Tell me why all the super peaceful and neutral countries in Europe always used to be local superpowers.... 😂
soo... switzerland is a local superpower
Dargon Dude Back in the day, they were very well known for their crack mercenaries.
because they had some sort of cataclysm that put them in their place.
In general smaller countries who were independent or somewhat independent during this time period like Ireland and Switzerland developed a mercenary culture as if your fighting men are not needed to control and expand an empire then they might as well attempt to enrich themselves.
@History House Productions Like Austria... :( Austria is a nice Land but Italy could give us really back South Tyrol… I mean Italy is not to small and a really beautiful land, they don't need South Tyrol. They could give it back as a sign of peace, trust and the goodwill :) And as an Austrian I like to say… I like all Countrys of Skandinavia, to say it all: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland. Yeah and Iceland musst be sayed too XD But Sweden and Finland more because of the great Metal Bands like Amaranthe, Nightwish and there where some comments… Sabaton of Course XD We remember in September when the winged Hussars arrived :) And then Vienna was freed! Oh and like Finland cause of Kimi Räikkönnen!!! :) :) :)
A+ for using "raises the question" rather than the fallacious begging the question. It is a relief to hear that
6:49 is incorrect. Charles VII wasn't in battle when he got shot, but rather in his room, behind the lines.
6:54 Charles XII died when he laid siege to Fredrikstens fortress not on horse back.
I think you meant the 9 year old army
Ah, i see you're a man of culture as well
You know, I'm a bit of a historian myself
0:18 Dat Wilhelm Scream tho!
People wanted one in the live-stream!
Griff
Great video, pls do one on Denmark as well
Better than the Viking period. FIGHT ME.
Well, in theory, during the Viking era it was the Swedes who ensured the slavic tribes became organised and caught up to modern ( at the time) society and paved the way for the russian empire. So without Sweden, no russia.
@@Ragemuffn Without Russia, Mongols would swept through Scandinavia and Germany.
Sulu Ayran How the hell would the Mongols "sweep" through Scandinavia? They relied on horses too much and the terrain is not friendly.
@@suluayran121 like Russia existed back then...
@@Syndikalisten novgorod.
Can you do a video about Portugal
Extra History did a great series on Charles and the Great North War
@The armchair historian with the recent total war 3 kingdoms and 8 princes, is there any chance you'll do videos on those conflicts?
Gustavus Adolphus is the guy form Civ 5, right
yup
Gabriel de oliveira except they messed it up. His name is Gustaf II Adolf, But the model is of Erik XIV, Gustaf Vasa’s son and heir.
@@ryanred439 have you seen the painting of gustav adolf 2?
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS!!!
Augusta per augusta
@@ajax1475 A storm over Europe unveiled
Dawn of War a trail of destruction
There's is a story called (1632) written by a man named Eric Flint where a American town called Grantville travels back in time to the 30 years war in Thuringia Germany, And in one of the chapters makes a military alliance with the swedish king Gustavus Adolphus
I’m learning this in history class in school
#sad. When you're a danish person and listening to these boys destroying the kalmar union.
@@karlbergman4870 ok. I will
Derp Guys haha skriver inte på sitt eget språk för att han själv inser det suger och knappt danskar kan förstå det
Nicolai Toxværd Qvist Christensen om jag förstår det rätt så säger du att vi är för arrogante till att förstå andra språk det är så jävla osant nästan alla i Sverige kan pratat engelska förutom väldigt gamla personer i Sverige .det är bara att det dansk språket suger det finns danskar som inte förstå andra danskar men det finns fan inte svenskar som inte förstår varandra
skånska
Nicolai Toxværd Qvist Christensen och vadå menar du att ett mångfaldigt språk är bra för det verkar ju inte stämma för det danska språk för dem kan inte förstå varandra!!! Hella poängen med språk ä att kunna förstå varandra och det är därför det danska språket är dåligt och jag vet att det beror på dialekt men dialekter är en stor del av språket för det bestämmer hur du pratar ditt språk och om dialekterna är dåliga så är språket dåligt .
TOOO THE SKIIIIEEEESS
SEE CAROLUS RISE
Ooops, in 1700 Poland-Lithuania did not declare war on Sweden. It was Saxony, king of which was also the king of Poland-Lithuania.
good job, learn a lot from you ........
Börk
Börk.
*KRöB*
Yes
You forgot 2 major points he forced both the danes and the poland to sign a truth
You should really check out Kings and Generals for the Thirty Years' War. It's really good!
when I saw this in my recommended I almost cried
Denmark controlled the whole area too. Including large parts of the UK too
Not at time when Kalmar Union existed.
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
What about it?
@@Vitalis94 OP refers to Poland, then in fact he mean to say Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Maybe long name was too difficult :D
@@nirtulys Man, replying to a 5 months old comment, not cool. :P
Nah. Just joking. Cheers, mate.
@@nirtulys which is literally just poland and lithuania ruled by the king of poland. So either way poland is making all the decisions.
Nice video, but let me correct you; we did not take a neutral chance during the Napoleonic wars. We took part in the war alongside Britain, against after Napoleon unleashed his continetal blockade. It was in this war that we lost Finland in 1809 since Russia (which took it) was in an temporarly alliance with Napoleon. After that, we pulled us out but joined the war again in 1812. We took part in the battle of Leipzig and later took Norway from Denmark which was allied with Napoleon.
Do a video on the history of Finland please!
*INSERT* *IKEA* *JOKE* *HERE*
Yeah really...
Conservative back than we used to make jokes and not remind people to write jokes
King Lock15 mapper, *INVALID, CLICK* *[HERE]* *TO* *DELETE* *THE* *MESSAGE* *ABOVE*
Or Sabaton joke
The ikea empire that is the most boring joke in joke history
ALL EMBRSE ME!
IT’S MY TIME TO RULE AT LAST
FIFTEEN YEARS HAVE I BEEN WAITING
TO SIT UPON MY THROWN!!
(Come on guys finish the song)
15 YEARS HAVE I’VE BEEN WAITING TO SIT UPON MY THRONE
So that’s what the Great Northern War was about. Learn something new every day. Love your channel.
Leve Carolus Rex🇸🇪
at the beginning, if you listen closely, you can hear the scream during and after the bullet shot.
Maybe you could do a video on Denmark aswell?
Say it with me...
*I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN*
Not sorry
Överordern jag häääärrrssskaaarrrr!!!
@@maplesyrup2 WITH THE LORD MY PROTECTOR
Armchair: ... The incompetence of Christina...
Civ 6: hoho looks what great Emperor I found leading the Swedes
Your videos are awsome! Can you please create a video about the archenemy the kingdom of Denmark one day?
Not very accurate at point where Gustav inherited 3 wars. Highlight of russia - at that time russia did not include the great duchy of lithuania, but in your map it was absorbing the whole baltic region. Seemed like you've rush it. Lovin the vids otherwise.
Robertas
Denmark formed an empire around 900-1000 hundreds ...
I was thinking the same too.. The Valdemar and Knud times as well ad the union
An even greater empire
You will find no result for a, "danish empire", if you Google after it.
And now all you have is Nicklas Bendtner and diabetes so cry me a river danskjävlar
And Sweden has IKEA, a "feminist foreign policy" and the highest Scandinavian rate of violent crime due to political incompetence. Good job ;)
Did I just here the Wilhelm scream at the beginning of the video?!?!
Tackar!
Fy fan de är så jävla skönt att vara svensk.
@@perperson199 Äh bry du dig om ert eget skit. Jag vill helt inte ha fler invandrare, men de flesta är inte så dåliga och stör inte som i medierna
Det er sant det Rackie, men det er da ikke feil om vi norrbaggar bryr oss om hva som skjer i Sverige. Vi er da brødre og søstre
"Sources:
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Lol
6:24 you say only Poland and Russia decided to take advantage and attack. It was Denmark-Norway as well. 3 Nations in total, how the hell do you miss that? Wiki:
"The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania. "
Russia alone crippled the Swedes in Poltava, and raids in Finland (Finnish war) and the attack on the Swedish capital completed the Swedish empire's demise. There was no such thing as Poland. The Denmark-Norway alliance only fought minor battles on their own or nearby territory
I love these ambient Eu4 and Hoi4 Sounds
Iceland and the other islands above Scotland was actually owned by Norway not Denmark
Settled by Norwegians mostly, and part of the Kingdom of Norway from 1261 to 1814
Helsinki is a Swedish city in my heart
og orange duck *hälsingfors
I feel like your vastly understating Charles the Twelfth’s ability. He was an amazing general and took down Poland(installing a vassal state) and challenged Peter the Great.
More like beat peter the great several times against four times larger forces while barely losing any soldiers, then messed up once and got destroyed. "Peter was great because every time he failed miserably he refused to give up"
I think you should have mentioned the march across the belts.
1700-1721 swedens finest hour change my mind
21 years=60 minutes
THE NORTH WILL RISE AGAIN!!!
@MenschGebliebenerWilly67 Have fun being a nazi in 2018
I had eu4 on my other monitor and I kept thinking my game unpaused because of the sound effects
4:18
I believe this painting takes place in 1812, not 1618-48. I think this was supposed to be during the battle of borodino but Napoleon is missing in this painting.