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Gustav I of Sweden

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Name: Gustavus, I
Birth Date: 1496
Death Date: 1560
Nationality: Swedish
Occupations: king

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Biography of Gustavus, I
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Gustavus I Eriksson (1496-1560), first king of modern Sweden, reigned from 1523 to 1560. He led Sweden from chaos to a position as a minor European power. Gustavus Vasa was born at his mother's estate at Lindholm on Ascension Day, 1496. The Vasas had...


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Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson (Colloquial 15th century Upplandic, Gösta Jerksson) and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an...


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History Today
Gustav III of Sweden: the forgotten despot of the age of enlightenment: A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera.
12/01/2003: 3,760 words, approx. 13 pages
GUSTAV III OF Sweden (1746-92) is one of the least studied of the later eighteenth-century rulers known as the Enlightened Despots. He was not a great general like Frederick II of Prussia or a great empire-builder like Catherine II of Russia, nor did...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In Sweden
04/13/2003: 778 words, approx. 3 pages
In Sweden, scandalous affairs are usually of the financial sort By KARL RITTER Associated Press Sunday, April 13, 2003 Stockholm, Sweden -- If the cardinal sin in American politics is cheating on your spouse, in Sweden it's cheating on your taxes....
 


 

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