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Article: Sweden
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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SWEDEN
SWEDEN.
The early modern period was particularly important in the formation of Sweden as a state. During this time Sweden played a central role in northern European power politics for more than a century, the country's economy grew in scale and complexity, and it became more closely integrated into the mainstreams of European cultural and intellectual development.
Early modern "Sweden" was not what one sees today on a map. In 1500, the southern provinces of Sk
å
ne, Blekinge, and Halland belonged to Denmark, and the border areas of Bohusl
ä
n, J
ä
mtland, and H
ä
rjedalen were parts of Norway. (Norway gradually lost its status as an independent state in the ...
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